LegalizeS.I. No. 385/1992 - Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992
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A plastic plate on which an identification mark is exhibited shall be constructed of transparent material of at least 2.5 millimetres in thickness.
The identification mark and placename shall be formed of black characters and shall be exhibited on white reflex reflective material so that the identification mark appears at all times from the front of the plate as black characters on a white background.
The flag of the European Communities shall appear as a circle of twelve gold stars against a blue background (of a colour shade generally known as royal blue); the centre points of the twelve stars shall form a circle with a radius of 15 millimetres and the straight lines forming the apexes of the stars shall be 4 millimetres in length.
The letters IRL shall appear in white letters on the blue background of the flag of the European Communities underneath the circle of stars and each such letter shall have a height of 20 millimetres and a stroke width of 4 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each of the letters R and L shall be 12 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters shall be uniform.
The blue background and gold stars of the flag of the European Communities and the white letters IRL shall be formed of reflex reflective material.
The placename shall appear in black letters above the identification mark and each letter of the placename shall have a height of not less than 12 millimetres and a stroke width of not less than 3 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter (other than the letter I) shall be not less than 9 millimetres. Where an accented vowel occurs in the placename the length accent character shall have a height of 2 millimetres above the letter. The distance between the nearest parts of adjoining letters shall be uniform. Where the placename comprises more than one word the distances between the nearest letters of adjoining words shall be uniform and not less than three times the distance between adjoining letters.
The identification mark shall appear in black characters and each letter or figure shall have a height of 70 millimetres and a stroke width of 10 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter or figure (other than the letter "I" or the number "1") shall be 36 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters and adjoining figures shall be uniform and shall be not less than 8 millimetres.
The distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first letter of the placename shall be equal to the distance between the last letter of the placename and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate and shall not be less than 8 millimetres.
In the case of an identification mark which is exhibited on a plate in conformity with Diagram No. 9 shown above—
( a ) the external size of the plate shall be 520 millimetres in width and 110 millimetres in height;
( b ) the blue background of the flag of the European Communities shall extend vertically from the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate to the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate and shall extend horizontally for a distance of 40 millimetres from the inner edge of the black border on the left-hand side of the plate;
( c ) the distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first figure of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last figure of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate and shall not be less than 8 millimetres;
( d ) the index mark shall be separated from adjoining figures on each side of the index mark by a hyphen with a stroke width of 10 millimetres which shall extend horizontally for a distance of 22 millimetres; the distances between each hyphen and the nearest part of any adjoining letter or figure shall be uniform and shall not be less than 10 millimetres;
( e ) the margin between the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate and the nearest part of any letter in the placename (excluding any length accent) shall be 5 millimetres in height;
( f ) the space between the nearest part of any letter of the placename and any letter or figure of the identification mark shall be not less than 4 millimetres in height;
( g ) the space between the nearest part of any letter or figure of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate shall be not less than 8 millimetres in height.
In the case of an identification mark which is exhibited on a plate in conformity with Diagram No. 10 shown above:—
( a ) the external size of the plate shall be 340 millimetres in width and 220 millimetres in height;
( b ) the blue background of the flag of the European Communities shall be located at the top left-hand corner of the plate and shall extend vertically downwards from the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate for a distance of 100 millimetres and shall extend horizontally from the inner edge of the black border at the left-hand side of the plate for a distance of 40 millimetres;
( c ) the distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first figure of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last letter of the index mark and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate;
( d ) the index mark shall be separated from the figures on the upper line of the identification mark by a hyphen with a stroke width of 10 millimetres which shall extend horizontally for a distance of 22 millimetres; the distances between the hyphen and the nearest part of any adjoining letter or figure shall be uniform and shall not be less than 10 millimetres;
( e ) the distance between the inner edge of the black border at the left-hand side of the plate and the nearest figure on the lower line of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last figure on that line and the inner edge of the black border at the right-hand side of the plate and shall not be less than 40 millimetres;
( f ) the margin between the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate and the nearest part of any letter in the placename (excluding any length account) shall be 12 millimetres in height;
( g ) the space between the nearest part of any letter of the placename and the nearest part of any character in the upper line of the identification mark shall be not less than 12 millimetres in height;
( h ) the space between the upper and lower line of the identification mark shall be not less than 12 millimetres in height;
( i ) the margin between the lower line of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate shall be not less than 12 millimetres in height.
In the case of an identification mark and plate exhibited on a bicycle, an invalid carriage or a pedestrian-controlled vehicle:—
( a ) any of the dimensions prescribed in paragraphs 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18 of this Part may be reduced to an amount which is not less than half of the amount so prescribed, and
( b ) the plate bearing the identification mark need not be rectangular provided that the letters and figures thereon comply as nearly as possible with the arrangement shown in Diagram No. 9 or Diagram No. 10 shown above or as described in paragraph 20 of this Part, as the case may be.
In the case of a bicycle, an invalid carriage or a pedestrian-controlled vehicle on which an identification mark is displayed on a plate generally of the type shown in Diagram No. 10 shown above and the dimensions of the identification mark or plate are reduced in accordance with paragraph 19 of this Part, the identification mark or plate shall not be held to be in contravention of this Part solely because:—
( a ) the flag of the European Communities is located at the bottom left-hand corner of the plate, and
( b ) part of the placename is located overhead the flag of the European Communities.
In the case of a vehicle which is provided with an indented space to accommodate a registration plate and the size of the space is such that it can accommodate neither a plate of the dimensions prescribed in paragraph 17 (a) of this Part nor a plate of the dimensions prescribed in paragraph 18 (a) of this Part, the dimensions prescribed in paragraphs 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18 of this Part may be reduced provided that the dimensions as so reduced comply as nearly as possible with the dimensions so prescribed.
An identification mark or plate shall not be held to be in contravention of this Part by reason only of failure to comply with the dimensions prescribed in this Part provided that:—
( a ) in the case of a prescribed dimension which is 70 millimetres or less, the difference between the dimension of the identification mark or plate and the prescribed dimension is not greater than 1 millimetre, and
( b ) in the case of a prescribed dimension which is greater than 70 millimetres, the difference between the dimension of the identification mark or plate and the prescribed dimension is not greater than 3 millimetres.
The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 22 of this Part shall not apply in the case of a large public service vehicle on which an identification mark is so constructed and used that it is illuminated by transparency or translucency and in such a case the characters of the identification mark shall appear white when the mark is so illuminated during lighting-up hours and shall appear at all other times white against a black background.
The provisions of this Part and Part II of this Schedule shall be deemed to be complied with in relation to an identification mark which incorporates the index mark ZV if the identification mark exhibited on the vehicle complies with the provisions of Part 1 of this Schedule.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Certain Charges
Articles
Sub-article (1) of article 19: — charge for replacement licence -£5.
Sub-article (2) of article 19: — charge for replacement licensing certificate or registration book - £10.
Paragraph (a) of sub-article (2) of article 23: — charge for supply of particulars of any vehicle licensed with a licensing authority - £5.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 10th day of December, 1992.
MICHAEL SMITH,
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
These Regulations restate provisions relating to the licensing of vehicles to take account of the transfer of responsibility for registration of mechanically propelled vehicles to the Revenue Commissioners, with effect from 1st January, 1993.The Regulations provide for the issue of a vehicle licensing certificate and for a new change of ownership procedure in the case of any mechanically propelled vehicle first licensed in the State on or after 1st January, 1993.
The Regulations consolidate, with amendments, seven Regulations dating back to 1982.
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