Number Plate Formats
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| Style |
Start Date |
End Date |
From |
To |
Comments |
| Dateless | 1903 | 1932 | A 1 | YY 9999 | First marks registered |
| Dateless | 1932 | 1963 | AA 1 | YYY 999 | I, Q & Z removed |
| Dateless | 1950's | 1 AAA | 999 YYY | Letter number sequence reversed, in some regions | |
| Dateless | 1960's | 1 A | 9999 YY | Additional number added in some regions | |
| Suffix | 1-Jan-63 | 31-Dec-63 | AAA 1A | YYY 999A | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Jan-64 | 31-Dec-64 | AAA 1B | YYY 999B | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Jan-65 | 31-Dec-65 | AAA 1C | YYY 999C | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Jan-66 | 31-Dec-66 |
AAA 1D | YYY 999D | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Jan-67 | 31-Jul-67 | AAA 1E | YYY 999E | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-67 | 31-Jul-68 | AAA 1F | YYY 999F | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-68 | 31-Jul-69 | AAA 1G | YYY 999G | Suffix Style - Issue month changed from January to August |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-69 | 31-Jul-70 | AAA 1H | YYY 999H | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-70 | 31-Jul-71 | AAA 1J | YYY 999J | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-71 | 31-Jul-72 | AAA 1K | YYY 999K | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-72 | 31-Jul-73 | AAA 1L | YYY 999L | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-73 | 31-Jul-74 | AAA 1M | YYY 999M | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-74 | 31-Jul-75 | AAA 1N | YYY 999N | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-75 | 31-Jul-76 | AAA 1P | YYY 999P | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-76 | 31-Jul-77 | AAA 1R | YYY 999R | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-77 | 31-Jul-78 | AAA 1S | YYY 999S | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-78 | 31-Jul-79 | AAA 1T | YYY 999T | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-79 | 31-Jul-80 | AAA 1V | YYY 999V | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-80 | 31-Jul-81 | AAA 1W | YYY 999W | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-81 | 31-Jul-82 | AAA 1X | YYY 999X | Suffix Style |
| Suffix | 1-Aug-82 | 31-Jul-83 | AAA 1Y | YYY 999Y | Suffix Style |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-83 | 31-Jul-84 | A21 AAA | A999 YYY | Prefix Style (A1 - A20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-84 | 31-Jul-85 | B21 AAA | B999 YYY | Prefix Style (B1 - B20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-85 | 31-Jul-86 | C21 AAA | C999 YYY | Prefix Style (C1 - C20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-86 | 31-Jul-87 | D21 AAA | D999 YYY | Prefix Style (D1 - D20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-87 | 31-Jul-88 | E21 AAA | E999 YYY | Prefix Style (E1 - E20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-88 | 31-Jul-89 | F21 AAA | F999 YYY | Prefix Style (F1 - F20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-89 | 31-Jul-90 | G21 AAA | G999 YYY | Prefix Style (G1 - G20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-90 | 31-Jul-91 | H21 AAA | H999 YYY | Prefix Style (H1 - H20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-91 | 31-Jul-92 | J21 AAA | J999 YYY | Prefix Style (J1 - AJ0 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-92 | 31-Jul-93 | K21 AAA | K999 YYY | Prefix Style (K1 - K20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-93 | 31-Jul-94 | L21 AAA | L999 YYY | Prefix Style (L1 - L20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-94 | 31-Jul-95 | M21 AAA | M999 YYY | Prefix Style (M1 - M20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-95 | 31-Jul-96 | N21 AAA | N999 YYY | Prefix Style (N1 - N20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-96 | 31-Jul-97 | P21 AAA |
P999 YYY | Prefix Style (P1 - P20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-97 | 31-Jul-98 | R21 AAA | R999 YYY | Prefix Style (R1 - R20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Aug-98 | 28-Feb-99 | S21 AAA | S999 YYY | Prefix Style (S1 - S20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Mar-99 | 31-Aug-99 | T21 AAA | T999 YYY | Prefix Style (T1 - T20 reserved for special issue) |
| - March biannual registrations introduced | |||||
| Prefix | 1-Sep-99 | 29-Feb-00 | V21 AAA | V999 YYY | Prefix Style (V1 - V20 reserved for special issue) |
| - September biannual registrations introduced | |||||
| Prefix | 1-Mar-00 | 31-Aug-00 | W21 AAA | W999 YYY | Prefix Style (W1 - W20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Sep-00 | 28-Feb-01 | X21 AAA | X999 YYY | Prefix Style (X1 - X20 reserved for special issue) |
| Prefix | 1-Mar-01 | 31-Aug-01 | Y21 AAA | Y999 YYY | Prefix Style (Y1 - Y20 reserved for special issue) |
| Style |
Year |
March |
September |
| Current | 2001 | n/a | 51 |
| Current | 2002 | 02 | 52 |
| Current | 2003 | 03 | 53 |
| Current | 2004 | 04 | 54 |
| Current | 2005 | 05 | 55 |
| Current | 2006 | 06 | 56 |
| Current | 2007 | 07 | 57 |
| Current | 2008 | 08 | 58 |
| Current | 2009 | 09 | 59 |
| Current | 2010 | 10 | 60 |
| Current | 2011 | 11 | 61 |
| Current | 2012 | 12 | 62 |
| Current | 2013 | 13 | 63 |
| Current | 2014 | 14 | 64 |
| Current | 2015 | 15 | 65 |
| Current | 2016 | 16 | 66 |
| Current | 2017 | 17 | 67 |
| Current | 2018 | 18 | 68 |
| Current | 2019 | 19 | 69 |
| Current | 2020 | 20 | 70 |
| Current | 2021 | 21 | 71 |
| Current | 2022 | 23 | 72 |
| Current | 2023 | 24 | 73 |
| Current | 2024 | 25 | 74 |
| Current | 2025 | 26 | 75 |
