# Australian Capital Territory number plate: Standard

> The Australian Capital Territory standard number plate: format YLL 99L, for example YRW 82L, 1998 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Australian Capital Territory license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--australian-capital-territory) (3 registration series).

![Australian Capital Territory (Australia) license plate, Standard (1998 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-act/au-act-standard/australian-capital-territory-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `YLL 99L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1998 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `au-act-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--australian-capital-territory/standard) |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20181003140711/https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/2125/~/act-numberplate-information)
- [Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000 (ACT) s 49: two plates for a motor vehicle, at least one for a motorbike, motortrike or trailer — the plate COUNT is statutory even though the format is not](https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/DownloadFile/sl/2000-12/current/PDF/2000-12.PDF)
- [The 1998 date carries NO citation in the article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory)

## About this plate

ACT GENERAL ISSUE, SECOND-GENERATION Y SERIES. The SHAPE is safe and the DATE is not, and the two are tagged separately on purpose. What the agency actually confirms: that the Y series is the standard issue, who is excluded from it, what colour it is, and that replacements come in sequence. What no ACT government source obtained states: when the three-letters/two-numerals/ one-letter arrangement replaced the three-letters/three-numerals one. When an agency date lands, the dated id is added and this becomes its former-id alias. RECORDED GAPS: the ACT issues plates to "public, government, diplomatic or heavy" vehicles on series the agency names but never describes, none is authored; and no motorcycle or trailer grammar was found anywhere (s 49(2)(b) proves those vehicles get at least one plate and says nothing about what is on it).

## How numbers are issued

Reported: the second-generation Y arrangement (three letters then two numerals then a letter) began when the first-generation YLL 999 series was exhausted, and blocks have been allocated to optional slogans (YGA-00A onward for the Centenary slogan; YKQ and YLP blocks for the 2015 "AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY" slogan). Those are VALUES inside this shape, not different shapes, and none is encoded.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard Y](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--australian-capital-territory/standard-y-1968) | 1968 to 1998 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard Y](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--australian-capital-territory/standard-y-1968) (1968 to 1998)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-act/au-act-standard.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/australian-capital-territory?series=au-act-standard
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-act` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-act-standard"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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