S.I. No. 205/1969:

ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12 of the Roads Act, 1920, and sections 1 and 3 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 (No. 24 of 1952) hereby makes the following Regulations :--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.

(2) These Regulations and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958 to 1968, shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958 to 1969.

(3) These regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of December 1969.

2. In these Regulations--

" the Principal Regulations " means the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 13 of 1958 ).

3. Sub-article (3) of article 19 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of " or preceded " after " followed ".

4. Article 26 of the Principal Regulations, as amended by the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 147 of 1968 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph--

" (b) A licence may be taken out for a period of six months ending on the last day of any month on payment of whichever of the following is the lesser, that is to say

(i) eleven twentieths of the full annual rate of duty (any fraction of a shilling in the amount so calculated being treated as a shilling if it exceeds sixpence and otherwise being disregarded) or

(ii) twice the rate appropriate to a period of three months calculated in accordance with paragraph (a) of this article."

5. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution for the Third Schedule of the following Schedule--

Article 20

" SCHEDULE

THIRD SCHEDULE

FORM OF IDENTIFICATION MARKS

Provisions to be complied with :

1. (a) Where the identification mark of a vehicle consists of an index mark followed by a registration number it shall at the option of the owner be arranged in conformity with either Diagram No. 1 or Diagram No. 2 shown above.

(b) Where the identification mark of a vehicle consists of a registration number followed by an index mark it shall at the option of the owner be arranged in conformity with either Diagram No. 3 or Diagram No. 4 shown above.

2. Unless the identification mark is so constructed that it can be illuminated by translucency, or is exhibited on a surface constructed of reflex reflecting material in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Schedule, it shall be formed of white, silver or light grey letters and figures upon a black surface and every letter or figure shall be indelibly inscribed or so attached to such surface that it cannot readily be detached therefrom. If the letters and figures are exhibited on a flat plate, the plate may be constructed of cast or pressed material having raised letters and figures.

3. If the identification mark is so constructed and used that it is illuminated by transparency or translucency the letters and figures must all, when so illuminated during lighting-up hours appear, in the case of the front identification mark, white, and in the case of the rear identification mark either white or red. At all other times the letter and figures shall appear white against a black background.

4. Except in the case of the front identification mark on a vehicle which has only one front wheel and on which the identification mark is displayed in accordance with article 20, sub-article (3), of the Principal Regulations an identification mark may be exhibited on a surface constructed of reflex reflecting material and if so exhibited--

(a) the identification mark displayed on the front of the vehicle shall be formed of black letters and figures upon a white surface constructed of reflex reflecting material but no reflecting material shall be applied to any part of the letters or figures,

(b) the identification mark displayed on the back of the vehicle or on any trailer attached thereto shall be formed of black letters and figures upon a red surface constructed of reflex reflecting material but no reflecting material shall be applied to any part of the letters or figures,

(c) every letter or figure shall be indelibly inscribed or so attached to the surface constructed of reflex reflecting material that it cannot readily be detached therefrom.

5. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule, all letters and figures must be 89 millimetres high, every part of every letter and figure must be 16 millimetres broad, and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure, except in the case of the letter " I " or the figure " 1 ", must be 63 millimetres.

6. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule, there must be a margin between the nearest part of any letter or figure and the top or bottom of the surface (black, white reflex reflecting or red reflex reflecting as the case may be) upon which the identification mark appears of at least 13 millimetres and between the nearest part of any letter or figure and the sides of the surface (black, white reflex reflecting or red reflex reflecting as the case may be) of at least 24 millimeters.

7. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule :

(a) the space between the nearest parts of adjoining letters and between the nearest parts of adjoining figures must be 13 millimetres;

(b) where the letter " I " or figure " 1 " is used, the space between it and an adjoining figure or letter may exceed 13 millimetres provided that the index mark appears as a separate unit from the registration number.

8. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule, where the identification mark is arranged in accordance with diagram No. 1, or diagram No. 3 the space between the upper and lower line must be 19 millimetres, and where the identification mark is arranged in accordance with diagram No. 2, or diagram No. 4 the space between the index mark and the registration number must be at least 38 millimetres.

9. In the case of a bicycle, an invalid carriage or a pedestrian controlled vehicle, the dimensions prescribed in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Schedule may be halved and the plate or surface bearing the identification mark need not be rectangular if the letters and figures thereon comply as nearly as possible with the arrangement shown in whichever diagram of this Schedule is appropriate."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 24th day of October, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958 and the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968 so as to provide--

(1) that an identification mark on a vehicle may consist of a registration number followed by an index mark;

(2) that the duty payable on a six month licence, shall not exceed twice the duty payable on a three month licence and

(3) that black figures and letters on white reflex reflecting material may be used for front identification marks and black figures and letters on red reflex reflecting material may be used for rear identification marks.