Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8

Display of registration marks

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The registered owner of a motor vehicle shall, in accordance with Schedule
4, display on the vehicle the registration mark assigned to the vehicle. (25
of 2005 s. 6)

(1A) A registration mark displayed under this regulation shall comply with the
requirements in Schedule 4 as to form of display, colours, construction,
fitting and illumination. (25 of 2005 s. 6)

(2) No person shall drive or use or suffer or permit to be driven or used any
motor vehicle on which the registration mark assigned to the vehicle- (25 of
2005 s. 6)

   (a)  is not displayed;

   (b)  is displayed otherwise than in accordance with Schedule 4; or

   (c)  does not comply with the requirements in Schedule 4 as to form of
        display, colours, construction, fitting or illumination. (25 of 2005
        s. 6)

(3) No person shall drive, use or keep, or suffer or permit to be driven, used
or kept, any motor vehicle on which the registration mark displayed under this
regulation is in any way obscured or not easily distinguishable.

(3A) For the purposes of this regulation, the registration mark assigned to a
motor vehicle shall be, in the case of a personalized  registration mark, the
personalized registration mark-

   (a)  that is stated; and

   (b)  the arrangement of the letters and numerals (together with any
        blank space) of which is specified, in the certificate of allocation.
        (25 of 2005 s. 6)

(3B) Where a personalized registration mark is assigned to a motor vehicle,
the personalized registration mark may be displayed, for the purposes of this
regulation-

   (a)  in a single row only, if the certificate of allocation has specified
        the arrangement of the letters and numerals (together with any
        blank space) of the personalized registration mark in a single row
        only; or

   (b)  either in a single row or in 2 rows, if the certificate of  allocation
        has specified the arrangement of the letters and numerals

(together with any blank space) of the personalized registration mark both in
a single row and in 2 rows. (25 of 2005 s. 6)

(4) Subject to paragraph 7 of Schedule 10, this regulation shall apply- (25 of
2005 s. 6)

   (a)  to every motor vehicle which is first registered on or after 1 June
        1983; and

   (b)  with effect from 1 June 1985, to every motor vehicle which is first
        registered before 1 June 1983.

(5) (Repealed 25 of 2005 s. 6)