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Thursday, April 19, 1973

REGULATIONS ON "LUCKY" CAR NUMBERS EFFECTIVE TODAY

First Auction Will Be Arranged Shortly

Under regulations which come into operation today, all vehicle

registration numbers without a prefix are designated as lucky numbers,

together with a list of other numbers occurring in each prefixed series,

e.g. AT, BC, etc.

Today's Gazette carries a formal notice that the Road Traffic

(Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations are

brought into operation.

Existing and future registered owners of vehicles bearing these

designated lucky numbers may continue to hold them and, for a fee of

$200, may transfer the number from one vehicle to another, provided both

vehicles are owned by the same persons.

But, if the owner of a vehicle with a lucky number applies to

transfer the vehicle to someone else, the Transport Department licensing

offices are required first to de-register the vehicle, recover the lucky

number, re-register the vehicle with a non-lucky number, and then register

transfer on payment of a fee of $10.

The Transport Department will shortly arrange the first of a number

of auctions of lucky number. All proceeds from the auctions, after deducting

necessary expenses, will go to the Lotteries Fund for charitable purposes.

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