General issue number plates

General issue number plates are the standard plates issued to cars and motorcycles.

The current general issue plate series includes:

a registration number starting from 1AA.1AA
blue characters on a white reflective background
the current slogan printed on the centre bottom of the plate (not included on slimline).

Check the fees that apply for general issue plates.

Year	Plate	Year	Plate	Year	Plate
1960	HCK 620	1980	ARN 000	2000	QAU 000
1961	HHK 501	1981	AZL 000	2001	QSA 000
1962	HMG 525	1982	BGS 000	2002	RLA 000
1963	HSH 114	1983	BPY 000	2003	SCZ 999
1964	HXU 733	1984	BYM 000	2004	SRR 989
1965	JDS 007	1985	CBX 931	2005	TIM 959
1966	JKH 768	1986	CSG 007	2006	TZH 877
1967	JRD 884	1987	DAV 000	2007	UPG 951
1968	JXE 287	1988	DGE 555	2008	WFK 999
1969	KEB 500	1989	DRS 002	2009	WYA 000
1970	KMD 422	1990	ECT 525	2010	XRA 000
1971	KUC 214	1991	EMH 000	2011	YIA 000
1972	LBD 967	1992	EUB 000	2012	ZAA 000
1973	LKC 042	1993	FCJ 400	01/2013	ZSA 000
1974	LTE 459	1994	FLR 000	08/2013	1AA 1AA
1975	IBU 000	1995	NEI 000	2014	1BA 1AA
1976	IJD 445	1996	NRA 000	2015	1DX 6UF
1977	ITA 643	1997	OET 650	2016	1GP 4AA
1978	ABF 325	1998	OUU 000	2017	1KC 1AA
1979	AJL 467	1999	PLH 000	2018	1NC 1AA

1960 - 1977: Black background, white characters
1978 - 1994: White background, green characters
1995 - current: White background, blue characters

Note: The number plate series of RAA.000 to RBZ.999 was issued out of sequence and were green characters on a white background.

The current general issue motorcycle plate series includes:

Motorcycles are only issued with one plate.

Check the fees that apply for general issue plates for motorcycles.

Year	Plate	Year	Plate	Year	Plate
1960	CO 026	1980	MP 300	2000	ZQ 000
1961	CT 086	1981	NL 010	2001	AP 000
1962	CW 290	1982	OG 171	2002	BG 000
1963	CZ 402	1983	PD 135	2003	BZ 000
1964	DC 262	1984	PX 000	2004	CS 000
1965	DF 180	1985	RJ 650	2005	EA 000
1966	DH 177	1986	SA 500	2006	FK 000
1967	DL 086	1987	SS 900	2007	FU 000
1968	DP 958	1988	TD 450	2008	HA 000
1969	DV 121	1989	TQ 625	2009	IA 000
1970	GB 227	1990	UF 100	2010	JA 000
1971	GL 663	1991	US 045	2011	1A 1AA
1972	HA 365	1992	VE 705	2012	1D 7AA
1973	HR 023	1993	VQ 725	01/2013	1J 7AA
1974	JJ 029	1994	WC 820	08/2013	1L 1AA
1975	JY 244	1995	WO 995	2014	1O 1AA
1976	KN 280	1996	XC 460	2015	1Q 8BY
1977	LA 172	1997	XR	2016	1U 6LO
1978	LN 138	1998	YH	2017	2A 1AA
1979	MA 000	1999	YY	2018	2D 1AA

1A 1AA

1960 - 1978: Black background, white characters
1979 - 1994: White background, green characters
1995 - current: White background, blue characters

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