Minimum reg plate size?
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05-08-2023 11:58am#1
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Short answer: All dimensions of a car plate can be halved.
@Del2005 : Those regulations above were amended by
Which allowed for shorter hyphens, etc. to fit longer numbers on a plate.
All the dimensions above / below I have already halved:
5. The periphery of the plate shall be marked all around by a black border having a stroke width of 2.5 millimetres
10. The flag of the European Communities shall appear as a circle of twelve gold stars against a blue background (of a colour shade generally known as royal blue); the centrepoints of the twelve stars shall form a circle with a radius of 7.5 millimetres and the straight lines forming the apexes of the stars shall be 2 millimetres in length.
11. The letters IRL shall appear in white letters on the blue background of the flag of the European Communities underneath the circle of stars and each such letter shall have a height of 10 millimetres and a stroke width of 2 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each of the letters R and L shall be 6 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters shall be uniform.
13. The placename shall appear in black letters above the identification mark and each letter of the placename shall have a height of not less than 6 millimetres and a stroke width of not less than 1.5 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter (other than the letter I) shall be not less than 4.5 millimetres. Where an accented vowel occurs in the placename the length accent character shall have a height of 1 millimetres above the letter. The distances between the nearest parts of adjoining letters shall be uniform. Where the placename comprises more than one word the distances between the nearest letters of adjoining words shall be uniform and not less than three times the distance between adjoining letters.
14. The identification mark shall appear in black characters and each letter or figure shall have a height of 35 millimetres and a stroke width of 5 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter or figure (other than the letter "I" or the number "1") shall be not less than 18 millimetres and not more than 25 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters and adjoining figures shall be uniform and shall be not less than 4 millimetres.
15. The distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first letter of the placename shall be equal to the distance between the last letter of the placename and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate and shall be not less than 4 millimetres.
16. In the case of an identification mark which is exhibited on a plate in conformity with Diagram No. 1 shown in paragraph 2 of this Schedule—
( a ) the external size of the plate shall be 260 millimetres in width and 55 millimetres in height;
( b ) the blue background of the flag of the European Communities shall extend vertically from the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate to the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate and shall extend horizontally for a distance of 20 millimetres from the inner edge of the black border on the left-hand side of the plate;
( c ) the distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first figure of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last figure of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate and shall be not less than 4 millimetres;
( d ) the index mark shall be separated from adjoining figures on each side of the index mark by a hyphen with a stroke width of 5 millimetres which shall extend horizontally for a distance of not less than 6.5 millimetres and not more than 11 millimetres; the distances between each hyphen and the nearest part of any adjoining letter or figure shall be uniform and shall be not less than 5 millimetres;
( e ) the margin between the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate and the nearest part of any letter in the placename (excluding any length accent) shall be 2.5 millimetres in height;
( f ) the space between the nearest part of any letter of the placename and any letter or figure of the identification mark shall be not less than 2 millimetres in height;
( g ) the space between the nearest part of any letter or figure of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate shall be not less than 4 millimetres in height.
17. In the case of an identification mark which is exhibited on a plate in conformity with Diagram No. 2 shown in paragraph 2 of this Schedule—
( a ) the external size of the plate shall be 170 millimetres in width and 110 millimetres in height;
( b ) the blue background of the flag of the European Communities shall be located at the top left-hand corner of the plate and shall extend vertically downwards from the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate for a distance of 50 millimetres and shall extend horizontally from the inner edge of the black border at the left-hand side of the plate for a distance of 20 millimetres;
( c ) the distance between the inner edge of the blue background of the flag of the European Communities and the first figure of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last letter of the index mark and the inner edge of the black border on the right-hand side of the plate;
( d ) the index mark shall be separated from the figures on the upper line of the identification mark by a hyphen with a stroke width of 5 millimetres which shall extend horizontally for a distance of 11 millimetres; the distances between the hyphen and the nearest part of any adjoining letter or figure shall be uniform and shall be not less than 5 millimetres;
( e ) the distance between the inner edge of the black border at the left-hand side of the plate and the nearest figure on the lower line of the identification mark shall be equal to the distance between the last figure on that line and the inner edge of the black border at the right-hand side of the plate and shall be not less than 15 millimetres;
( f ) the margin between the inner edge of the black border at the top of the plate and the nearest part of any letter in the placename (excluding any length accent) shall be 6 millimetres in height;
( g ) the space between the nearest part of any letter of the placename and the nearest part of any character in the upper line of the identification mark shall be not less than 6 millimetres in height;
( h ) the space between the upper and lower line of the identification mark shall be not less than 6 millimetres in height;
( i ) the margin between the lower line of the identification mark and the inner edge of the black border at the bottom of the plate shall be not less than 6 millimetres in height.
18. In the case of an identification mark exhibited on a bicycle, an invalid carriage or a pedestrian-controlled vehicle:—
( b ) the plate need not be rectangular provided that the letters and figures thereon comply as nearly as possible with the arrangement shown in Diagram No. 1 or Diagram No. 2 in paragraph 2 of this Schedule or as described in paragraph 19 of this Schedule, as the case may be.
19. In the case of a bicycle, an invalid carriage or a pedestrian-controlled vehicle on which an identification mark is displayed on a plate generally of the type shown in the said Diagram No. 2, if the dimensions of the identification mark or plate are reduced in accordance with paragraph 18 of this Schedule, the identification mark or plate shall not be held to be in contravention of this Schedule solely because:—
( a ) the flag of the European Communities is at the bottom left-hand corner of the plate, and
( b ) part of the placename is above the flag of the European Communities.
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