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The Australian state of New South Wales requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. [1] Current regular issue plates are to the standard Australian dimensions of 372 mm (14.6 in) in length by 134 mm (5.3 in) in height, and use standard Australian serial dies.
Australian vehicle registration plates, or number plates, and license plates are issued by state, territory, and Commonwealth governments, and the armed forces of Australia. The plates are associated with a vehicle and are generally intended to last during the time that the vehicle remains registered in the state, though as they become ...
Vehicle inspection in Australia is generally done on a state basis (with the exception of Federally Registered Heavy Vehicles, see below). Each state or territory has the authority to set its own laws pertaining to vehicle inspections, all (with the exception of the self-governing territory of Norfolk Island) have some form of inspection, either periodically or before a transfer of ownership.
[1] [2] The agency is the single point of contact point for a number of New South Wales government agencies including Transport for NSW, Fair Trading NSW and Births, Deaths and Marriages, and provides services such as the application for licences and permits, registration of births and payment of fines. [3]
Most states and territories no longer issue registration stickers for the vehicle, and registration details are available electronically to police in most states. [citation needed] Vehicles can be registered to companies or individuals. The registration certificate often also acts as proof of ownership, though technically this is not the case. [4]
The software aspect of the system runs on standard home computer hardware and can be linked to other applications or databases.It first uses a series of image manipulation techniques to detect, normalize and enhance the image of the number plate, and then optical character recognition (OCR) to extract the alphanumerics of the license plate.
The NSW Photo Card is a voluntary photo card issued by the Service NSW in New South Wales, Australia. It is credit-card sized and bears the cardholder’s photo, signature, name, address and date of birth. The NSW Photo Card replaced the 'proof of age' card on 14 December 2005.
In 1999, manufacturer changes lead to the adoption of NSW Premium embossed dies on ACT plates and continues today. This started from 'YAT-00A'. Since 2007 a special series bearing the slogan "ACT-Celebration of a Century 2013" is being issued in commemoration of Canberra's centenary year in 2013.