Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS,ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 14

Sale of certain registration marks in Commissioner’s discretion

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, offer for sale by auction any
registration mark chosen by him, subject to regulation 11, consisting of one
or 2 letters as its prefix, followed by a number of not more than 4 digits
(not being a number listed in Schedule 5), which he considers suitable for
sale by auction; and regulation 10 shall apply to sales by auction of such
registration marks and to the proceeds of such sales.

(2) Regulation 9(2) and (3) shall apply in respect of registration marks
allocated under this regulation in like manner as it applies in respect of
special registration marks allocated under regulation 9(1).

(3) If, for whatever cause, a registration mark allocated under this
regulation is not assigned to a motor vehicle within 12 months after the date
of its allocation, the Commissioner may, without notice to the person to whom
it was allocated, cancel the allocation of the registration mark to that
person and reallocate it.

(25 of 2005 s. 12)