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Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017
144AHydrogen-powered vehicles
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#### 144A Hydrogen-powered vehicles
144A Hydrogen-powered vehicles
(cf ALVSR 2015 r 144A)
> > (1) A hydrogen-powered vehicle, including a vehicle modified to be a hydrogen-powered vehicle, must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates—
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> > > (a) for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label that complies with subrule (2), or
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> > > (b) for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subrule (2).
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> > (2) For the purposes of subrule (1), a label complies with this subrule if—
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> > > (a) it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least 1 millimetre thick, and
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> > > (b) the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape—
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> > > > (i) each side of which is 20 millimetres long, and
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> > > > (ii) each interior angle of which is 108 degrees, and
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> > > (c) it has a yellow surface that complies with class 2 of AS 1906.1:2007, Retroreflective Materials and Devices for Road Traffic Control Purposes—Retroreflective Sheeting, and
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> > > (d) it is marked “H” in a black capital letter that is at least 10 millimetres high and has the orientation shown in the example, and
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> > > (e) it is fixed to the number plates so that the letter on the label is in an upright position, and
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> > > (f) it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.
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> > Note.
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> > The example of the label is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the label’s actual size, dimensions or colour.
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> > (3) In this rule—
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> > hydrogen-powered vehicle means a vehicle that—
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> > > (a) is powered by a hydrogen fuel system, and
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> > > (b) has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system.