### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

12O. Appeal to Administrative Appeals Board against decision to cancel a personalized registration mark
(1) A person aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner to cancel the allocation of a personalized registration mark under regulation 12L may appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board against such decision.
(2) Where the Administrative Appeals Board, in the exercise of its powers under section 21(1)(j) of the Administrative Appeals Board Ordinance (Cap. 442), reverses a decision of the Commissioner on an appeal, the Commissioner shall take such action as is necessary (including, in particular, the allocation of the personalized registration mark) to give effect to the reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of that decision.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (2), the Commissioner shall, upon receiving from the person to whom a refund was made under regulation 12M(2) the amount so refunded (if any), issue a new certificate of allocation to that person.
(4) A certificate of allocation issued under subregulation (3) shall—
(a) contain the particulars specified in regulation 12J(2)(a), (d) and (e) and (3);
(b) state the name and identity document number of the personalized registration mark holder (being the person to whom the personalized registration mark is allocated under subregulation (2) to give effect to the reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of the decision of the Commissioner); and
(c) state the date of allocation of the personalized registration mark which, in such case, shall be the date of the reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of the decision of the Commissioner as referred to in subregulation (2).
(5) Regulation 9(2) and (3) shall apply in respect of personalized registration marks allocated under subregulation (2) to give effect to the reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of decisions of the Commissioner in like manner as it applies in respect of special registration marks allocated under regulation 9(1).
(6) If, for whatever cause, a personalized registration mark allocated under subregulation (2) to give effect to a reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of a decision of the Commissioner is not assigned to a motor vehicle within 12 months after the date of its allocation, the Commissioner may, without notice to the personalized registration mark holder, cancel that allocation and reallocate the personalized registration mark.
(7) The Commissioner may waive the payment of the registration fee prescribed in Schedule 2 where a personalized registration mark allocated under subregulation (2) to give effect to a reversal by the Administrative Appeals Board of a decision of the Commissioner is assigned to a motor vehicle.
(25 of 2005 s. 10)

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

12P. Power to seize number plates with cancelled personalized registration marks
Any police officer or other public officer authorized by the Commissioner for the purposes of this regulation may seize number plates bearing a cancelled personalized registration mark from the motor vehicle on which they are displayed.
(25 of 2005 s. 10)

12Q. Cancelled personalized registration marks may be reallocated if Commissioner considers suitable
(1) A cancelled personalized registration mark may, subject to subregulation (2), be offered for sale by auction under regulation 12I again if the Commissioner determines under regulation 12F that an application for the allocation of a proposed personalized registration mark, being the cancelled personalized registration mark (taking into account only the sequence of arrangement of the letters and numerals), shall be accepted having regard to the matters referred to in regulation 12L(1) and any change of circumstances since the cancellation.
(2) Before a cancelled personalized registration mark is offered for sale by auction, the Commissioner shall send a notice of offer to the person to whom a refund was made under regulation 12M(2) in respect of the cancelled personalized registration mark (the previous holder

12R. Surrender of personalized registration marks
(1) A personalized registration mark holder may, at any time by giving notice in writing, surrender the personalized registration mark to the Commissioner who may reallocate it upon sale by auction.
(2) When the personalized registration mark holder gives notice under subregulation (1), he shall at the same time return to the Commissioner—
(a) the certificate of allocation issued to him;
(b) if the personalized registration mark has been assigned to a motor vehicle—
(i) the vehicle licence issued in respect of the vehicle; and
(ii) the registration document relating to the vehicle; and
(c) such other relevant documents as may be specified by the Commissioner.
(3) The personalized registration mark surrendered under subregulation (1) shall cease to be valid upon receipt by the Commissioner of the certificate of allocation.
(4) If the personalized registration mark has been assigned to a motor vehicle, the Commissioner may, when the personalized registration mark ceases to be valid under subregulation (3), assign a new registration mark to the vehicle.
(5) Where a vehicle licence, registration document and other relevant documents are returned to the Commissioner under subregulation (2)(b) and (c), the Commissioner shall—
(a) enter in the register the new registration mark assigned to the motor vehicle concerned under subregulation (4); and
(b) return to the registered owner of the vehicle the vehicle licence and registration document with the new registration mark entered therein.
(25 of 2005 s. 10)

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

13. Sale of registration marks on request
(1) Any person who wishes to be allocated a registration mark consisting of one or 2 letters chosen by the Commissioner, subject to regulation 11, as its prefix, followed by a particular number of not more than 4 digits (not being a number listed in Schedule 5, or the number consisting only of the numeral “0”, or a number beginning with the numeral “0”) chosen by the person, may apply to the Commissioner to make such a registration mark, if unassigned, available for allocation upon sale by auction.
(2) On receipt of an application under subregulation (1) and on payment to the Commissioner by the applicant of a deposit of $1,000 (to be held by the Commissioner and in due course disposed of in accordance with subregulation (4) or (5), as the case may be), the Commissioner shall offer the requested registration mark for sale by auction; and regulation 10 shall apply to sales by auction of such registration marks and to the proceeds of such sales.
(3) The sale by auction under this regulation of a registration mark shall be subject to a reserve price of $1,000, and the persons attending the sale by auction shall be notified accordingly.
(4) If a registration mark is allocated upon sale by auction under this regulation to a person other than the applicant who applied to the Commissioner to make such registration mark available for allocation, the deposit paid under subregulation (2) by the applicant shall be refunded to him.
(5) If a registration mark to which this regulation applies remains unsold at the auction, it shall be allocated, at a special fee of $1,000, to the applicant who applied to the Commissioner to make it available for allocation, and the deposit paid by the applicant under subregulation (2) shall be taken as payment of the special fee, and shall be paid by the Commissioner into the Lotteries Fund as defined in the Government Lotteries Ordinance (Cap. 334).
(6) Regulation 9(2) and (3) shall apply in respect of registration marks allocated under this regulation (whether allocated upon sale by auction or at the special fee of $1,000) in like manner as it applies in respect of special registration marks allocated under regulation 9(1).
(7) If, for whatever cause, a registration mark allocated under this regulation is not assigned to a motor vehicle within 12 months after the date of its allocation, the Commissioner may, without notice to the person to whom it was allocated, cancel the allocation of the registration mark to that person and reallocate it.
(25 of 2005 s. 11)