The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
This instrument amends the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 (S.I 2001/561) (“the Regulations”) by aligning the Regulations with the new British Standard BS AU 145e, which updates the specification for the retroreflecting material used for vehicle number plates which is mandatory from the 1st September 2021 for vehicles first registered from this date, or replacement registration plates fitted from this date. Regulation 5 inserts an early adopters provision (as new regulation 17A of the Regulations) to allow the option for vehicle owners to display a plate conforming with the new British Standard from the coming into force date of 1st January 2021 and before it becomes a mandatory requirement.