Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017

Display of number-plates

(1)  The vehicle number-plate issued by Transport for NSW for a vehicle must be permanently affixed to the vehicle so that (assuming the vehicle to be on level ground)

  (a)  the number-plate is at all times—

• (i)  in an upright position that is substantially parallel to the vehicle’s axles, and
• (ii)  not more than 1.3 metres above ground level, and

  (b)  the number-plate is not obscured, defaced or otherwise illegible, and

  (c)  the numbers on the number-plate are clearly visible from any point that is—

• (i)  up to 20 metres from the number-plate, and
• (ii)  within an arc of 45 degrees from the surface of the number-plate above or to either side of the vehicle, as shown in figures 1 and 2 of Diagram 1 (in relation to heavy vehicles) and figures 1 and 2 of Diagram 2 (in relation to light vehicles), and

  (d)  any cover on the number-plate—

• (i)  is clear, clean, untinted and flat over its entire surface, and
• (ii)  has no reflective or other characteristics that would prevent the successful operation of a device approved for use under a law relating to the detection of traffic offences, and

  (e)  in the case of a motor vehicle other than a motor bike—1 number-plate is affixed to the front of the vehicle and another to its rear, and

  (f)  in the case of a motor bike or trailer—at least 1 number-plate is affixed to its rear, and

  (g)  in the case of a motor vehicle for which number-plates of different sizes are issued—the larger of the number-plates is affixed to the rear of the vehicle.

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