Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 22) (Jersey) Order 2022

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Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 22) (Jersey) Order 2022

Made                                                                                                25th January 2022

Coming into force                                                                         1st February 2022

THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE makes this Order under Articles 6 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993 –

1        Order amended

This Order amends the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1993.

2        Schedule 5 (requirements as to registration marks) amended

In Schedule 5 –

(a)     in paragraph 6(3) after “motor cycle” there is inserted “or moped”;

(b)     for paragraph 7 there is substituted –

“7      Provisions for display relating to paragraphs 8 and 9

(1)     In this paragraph “distinguishing mark” means a distinguishing mark displayed in accordance with a diagram in Schedule 11 or 12 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Jersey) Order 2003.

(2)     Material or information must not be displayed on a number plate within the margins specified in a table in paragraph 8 or 9 except –

(a)     the registration mark;

(b)     material complying with the requirements of the relevant British Standards with which such plates are required to comply by this Order.

(3)     For the purposes of a table in paragraph 8 or 9, where a margin between all or part of a registration mark and the edge of a number plate includes the white area of a distinguishing mark, that margin is measured to the edge of the white area that is nearest the registration mark, not to the edge of the number plate.

(4)     In paragraphs 8 and 9 references to a character do not include anything that forms part of a distinguishing mark.”;

(c)     in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph 8(5) for “Top, side & bottom margin” there is substituted –

“Top, side and bottom margins (minimum)”;

(d)     in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph 9(4) for “Top, side & bottom margin” there is substituted –

“Top, side & bottom margins (minimum)”.

3        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 22) (Jersey) Order 2022 and comes into force 7 days after it is made.

Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour

Minister for Infrastructure

 


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