Ministerial decisions issued on classic vehicles plates’ numbers

TDT | Manama                                                                 

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa issued two ministerial decisions for the amendments of the provisions of the Executive Regulations of the Traffic Law 23/2014, concerning the registration of classic vehicles’ number plates.

The first ministerial decision includes amendments to classic vehicle registration number plates, their issuance regulations and the conditions related to importing and regulating those vehicles that are banned from driving on the road.

The second ministerial decision includes the registration fees for these vehicles. Per the two decisions, the classic vehicle registration number plate is optionally issued according to the request of its owner, provided that the registration number should be of those numbers specified for private cars.

It is not permitted to repeat the registration number on more than one classic or private car or that the registration number plate issued for the classic car is used on other vehicles. The Second Article of the first decision stipulates the specifications of the classic registration number plates in terms of the types of vehicles for which the plates are issued, the color of the plate and its special signs.

According to the decision, the registration of the classic imported cars would be after paying the specified fees for opening the file of an amount of (BD 500) instead of (BD 1000) for vehicles over five years old.

It is permissible – upon the request of the owner – to issue an ownership certificate and a registration number plate for the classic car without registering it as long as it is not being used and driven on public roads or is not suitable to be driven on the road, and after paying the specified fees.

Concerning the second ministerial decision regarding specifying special fees for registering the classic car, its First Article determines a BD100 fee for registering the classic vehicles for the first time and the annual registration fee per the vehicle’s weight.