# New South Wales number plate: Standard

> The New South Wales standard number plate: format LL 99 LL, for example PR 68 TC, 2004 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [New South Wales license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--new-south-wales) (3 registration series).

![New South Wales (Australia) license plate, Standard (2004 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-nsw/au-nsw-standard/new-south-wales-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 99 LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2004 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 372 × 134 mm |
| 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-nsw-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--new-south-wales/standard) |

Sources:

- [NEGATIVE FINDING: the page never states the general-issue combination](https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/vehicle-registration/vehicle-number-plates/order-reserve-or-replace-number-plates)
- [plateshack.com](http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/New_South_Wales/nswy2k.html)
- [Used as a finding aid; its citations were chased and none reaches a NSW instrument](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_South_Wales)

## About this plate

NEW SOUTH WALES GENERAL ISSUE. When an agency or instrument date lands, the dated id is added and this one becomes its former-id alias.

## How numbers are issued

ascending within the two-letter leading block; the leading block in general issue at the time of writing is reported as 'D..', which is a VALUE inside this shape and not a different shape, no fixed literal is encoded

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 3L3N](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--new-south-wales/standard-3l3n) | documented 1951 to 2004 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 3L3N](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--new-south-wales/standard-3l3n) (documented 1951 to 2004)

## Use it

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

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