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

8. Display of registration marks
(1) The registered owner of a motor vehicle shall, in accordance with Schedule 4, display on the vehicle the registration mark assigned to the vehicle. (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(1A) A registration mark displayed under this regulation shall comply with the requirements in Schedule 4 as to form of display, colours, construction, fitting and illumination. (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(2) No person shall drive or use or suffer or permit to be driven or used any motor vehicle on which the registration mark assigned to the vehicle— (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(a) is not displayed;
(b) is displayed otherwise than in accordance with Schedule 4; or
(c) does not comply with the requirements in Schedule 4 as to form of display, colours, construction, fitting or illumination. (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(3) No person shall drive, use or keep, or suffer or permit to be driven, used or kept, any motor vehicle on which the registration mark displayed under this regulation is in any way obscured or not easily distinguishable.
(3A) For the purposes of this regulation, the registration mark assigned to a motor vehicle shall be, in the case of a personalized registration mark, the personalized registration mark—
(a) that is stated; and
(b) the arrangement of the letters and numerals (together with any blank space) of which is specified,
in the certificate of allocation. (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(3B) Where a personalized registration mark is assigned to a motor vehicle, the personalized registration mark may be displayed, for the purposes of this regulation—
(a) in a single row only, if the certificate of allocation has specified the arrangement of the letters and numerals (together with any blank space) of the personalized registration mark in a single row only; or
(b) either in a single row or in 2 rows, if the certificate of allocation has specified the arrangement of the letters and numerals (together with any blank space) of the personalized registration mark both in a single row and in 2 rows. (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(4) Subject to paragraph 7 of Schedule 10, this regulation shall apply— (25 of 2005 s. 6)
(a) to every motor vehicle which is first registered on or after 1 June 1983; and
(b) with effect from 1 June 1985, to every motor vehicle which is first registered before 1 June 1983.
(5) (Repealed 25 of 2005 s. 6)

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

9. Allocation and sale of special registration marks
(1) A special registration mark, which shall— (25 of 2005 s. 7)
(a) consist only of a number of not more than 4 digits; or
(b) subject to regulation 11, consist of one or 2 letters as its prefix, followed by a number of not more than 4 digits (being a number listed in Schedule 5),
shall, before being assigned under regulation 6, be allocated upon sale by auction. 
(1A) A special registration mark consisting only of the numeral “0” or consisting of a number beginning with the numeral “0” is not to be allocated under subregulation (1). (25 of 2005 s. 7)
(2) A person to whom a special registration mark has been allocated under subregulation (1) shall, within 12 months after the date of its allocation, apply to the Commissioner— (25 of 2005 s. 7)
(a) under regulation 5 for the registration of a motor vehicle of which he is the owner, and for assignment of the special registration mark to the vehicle; or
(b) for assignment of the special registration mark to a registered motor vehicle of which he is the owner. 
(3) On receipt of an application under subregulation (2)(b) and the registration fee prescribed in Schedule 2, the Commissioner may cancel the registration of the motor vehicle and register it as if the application had been made under regulation 5 and shall comply with regulation 6.
(4) If, for whatever cause, a special registration mark allocated under subregulation (1) 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 special registration mark to that person and reallocate it under subregulation (1). 
(25 of 2005 s. 7)

10. Sale by auction of special registration marks
(1) Sales by auction under regulation 9(1) of a special registration mark shall, subject to subregulation (1A), be conducted under the direction of the Commissioner. (25 of 2005 s. 8)
(1A) The Commissioner may engage such persons as he thinks fit for the conduct of any sale by auction under regulation 9(1) of a special registration mark. (25 of 2005 s. 8)
(2) The Commissioner shall pay the proceeds of such sales, after deduction of expenses incurred in the conduct thereof, into the Lotteries Fund as defined in the Government Lotteries Ordinance (Cap. 334).

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

11. Registration marks reserved for assignment to certain vehicles
(1) The following registration marks are reserved for assignment to Government vehicles—
(a) the registration mark consisting only of the letter “A”;
(b) all registration marks consisting of the letter “A”, at the beginning, followed by a numeral or numerals only;
(c) all registration marks consisting of the letter “A”, as the suffix, preceded by a numeral or numerals only;
(d) the registration mark consisting only of the letter “F”;
(e) all registration marks consisting of the letter “F”, at the beginning, followed by a numeral or numerals only;
(f) all registration marks consisting of the letter “F”, as the suffix, preceded by a numeral or numerals only;
(g) the registration mark consisting only of the letters “AM”;
(h) all registration marks consisting of the letters “AM”, at the beginning, followed by a numeral or numerals only; and
(i) all registration marks consisting of the letters “AM”, as the suffix, preceded by a numeral or numerals only. (25 of 2005 s. 9)
(2)-(3) (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7)(4) The following registration marks are reserved for assignment to vehicles owned by The Legislative Council Commission—
(a) the registration mark consisting only of the letters “LC”;
(b) all registration marks consisting of the letters “LC”, at the beginning, followed by a numeral or numerals only; and
(c) all registration marks consisting of the letters “LC”, as the suffix, preceded by a numeral or numerals only. (25 of 2005 s. 9)
(5) The following registration marks are reserved for assignment to vehicles of the Hong Kong Garrison—
(a) the registration mark consisting only of the letters “ZG”;
(b) all registration marks consisting of the letters “ZG”, at the beginning, followed by a numeral or numerals only; and
(c) all registration marks consisting of the letters “ZG”, as the suffix, preceded by a numeral or numerals only. (25 of 2005 s. 9)
(6) In determining whether a registration mark is a registration mark reserved under this regulation, only the sequence of arrangement of the letters and numerals shall be taken into account. (25 of 2005 s. 9)