144AHydrogen-powered vehicles

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—

(a) for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label that complies with subrule (2), or

(b) for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subrule (2).

(2) For the purposes of subrule (1), a label complies with this subrule if—

(a) it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least 1 millimetre thick, and

(b) the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape—

(i) each side of which is 20 millimetres long, and

(ii) each interior angle of which is 108 degrees, and

(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

(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

(e) it is fixed to the number plates so that the letter on the label is in an upright position, and

(f) it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.

Note.

The example of the label is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the label’s actual size, dimensions or colour.

(3) In this rule—

hydrogen-powered vehicle means a vehicle that—

(a) is powered by a hydrogen fuel system, and

(b) has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system.