The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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(a) a vehicleconstructed with a chassis which has not previously formed part of
anothervehicle, references to the person by whom that chassis was made;
(b) any othervehicle, references to the person by whom that vehicle was constructed.
SCHEDULE 9 (see regulation 69)
PLATES FOR MOTOR CYCLES
1. The plate required by regulation 69 shall be firmlyattached to a part of the motor cycle which
is not normally subject to replacementduring the life of the motor cycle.
2. The plate shall be in the form shown in thediagram in this paragraph, shall have dimensions not
less than those shownin that diagram and shall show the information provided for in that diagramand
detailed in the Notes below.
Notes:
1. The categories are “standard motorcycle” and “moped”.
2. The details are—
(a)
(b)
(c)
for standard motor cycles—
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
the engine capacity,
the maximum engine power, and
the power to weight ratio,
provided that the details under (ii) and (iii) need not beshown for a vehicle first used
before 1st January 1982;
for mopeds—
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
the engine capacity,
the kerbside weight, and
the maximum speed.
3. The vehicle identification number (VIN)shall be marked in the form used by the manufacturer
to identify any one individualvehicle.
4. In the case of a plate fitted to a vehiclefirst used before 1st January 1982 or to a moped this
dimension shall be 40mm.
3. The information on the plate shall be shownin characters not less than 4 mm in height and in
the positions on the plateindicated in the diagram above.
4. No information, other than that provided forin the diagram above, shall be marked within the
rectangle which is shownin that diagram.
5. In this Schedule and, in respect of the definitionof “moped”, in regulations 54and 57—
“maximum engine power”means the maximum net power the motor cycle engine willdevelop,
in kilowatts, when measured in accordance with the test conditionsspecified in the International
Standard number ISO 4106 developed by the technicalcommittee of the International
Organisation for Standardisation, and approvedby member bodies, including the United
Kingdom, and published under the referenceISO 1978 4106–09–01;
“moped” means a motor cycle which—
(a)
has a kerbside weight not exceeding 250 kg, and
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