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The Australian state of Victoria 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, but Victoria has used its own serial dies since 1977.
The Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks Scheme was adopted since 2006 to allow creation of numbers with up to 8 characters (including letters and/or numbers). The letters "I", "O" and "Q" are banned from use in the new scheme, with the former two letters officially recognised as numbers "1" and "0" respectively.
Irv Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S, the record holder for the highest mileage privately-owned car in the world, wearing a vanity plate reading "MILNMILR" ('million miler'). A vanity plate or personalized plate (United States and Canada); prestige plate, private number plate, cherished plate or personalised registration (United Kingdom); personalised plate (Australia, New Zealand, and United ...
Vehicle registration numbers can be retained on new or old vehicles owned by the same person, with a validity of 1 year or with extensions of 6 months thereafter. Vehicle owners are also able to replace and bid for a new registration number for existing vehicles with proper documentations and fees paid for bidding or number retention. [2]
It is, however, possible for another registration number to be transferred, replacing the one originally issued, where owners wish to have a "vanity plate" (sometimes also referred to as a cherished, private or personalised registration/number plate) displaying, for instance, their initials. Registration numbers may also be replaced simply to ...
In 2004, the series reverted to the original blue borders, while retaining the other 1998 revisions. On 24 February 2008, the Tasmanian Government issued a new registration plate design in the format A 00 AA. After the first letter appears the Tasmanian state logo with the slogan Tasmania – Explore the possibilities. Tasmanian plates are ...
Whenever a vehicle is registered in a new owner's name, the vehicle will receive the registration of the new owner's town. If the vehicle is registered in the same town as the current registration, no change of registration number takes place. When a vehicle changes ownership it is required that the vehicle be taken for a roadworthy test.
A car registration plate from the United Kingdom. The "GB" or "UK" marks have been used in the United Kingdom in various years. [1]In Europe, most governments require a registration plate to be attached to both the front and rear of a vehicle, [2] [3] although certain jurisdictions or vehicle types, such as motorcycles, require only one plate, which is usually attached to the rear of the vehicle.