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Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017
144BElectric-powered vehicles
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#### 144B Electric-powered vehicles
144B Electric-powered vehicles
(cf ALVSR 2015 r 144B)
> > (1) An electric-powered vehicle, including a vehicle modified to be an electric-powered vehicle, must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates a label that complies 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 an equilateral triangular shape—
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> > > > (i) each side of which is 30 millimetres in length, and
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> > > > (ii) each interior angle of which is 60 degrees, and
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> > > (c) it has a blue 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 ‘EV’ in white capital letters that are at least 8 millimetres high and have the orientation shown in the example, and
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> > > (e) it is fixed to the number plates so that the letters on the label are 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) However, this rule does not apply to a vehicle to which rule 144A applies even if the vehicle is fitted with an electric motor or traction motor that is used in conjunction with a hydrogen fuel system for the propulsion of the vehicle.
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> > (4) In this rule—
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> > electric-powered vehicle means a vehicle that is powered by 1 or more electric motors or traction motors that—
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> > > (a) are the only propulsion system for the vehicle, or
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> > > (b) are used in conjunction with another propulsion system for the vehicle.