144BElectric-powered vehicles

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).

(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 an equilateral triangular shape—

(i) each side of which is 30 millimetres in length, and

(ii) each interior angle of which is 60 degrees, and

(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

(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

(e) it is fixed to the number plates so that the letters on the label are 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) 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.

(4) In this rule—

electric-powered vehicle means a vehicle that is powered by 1 or more electric motors or traction motors that—

(a) are the only propulsion system for the vehicle, or

(b) are used in conjunction with another propulsion system for the vehicle.