# Northern Territory number plate: Standard

> The Northern Territory standard number plate: format CL 99 LL, for example CG 16 MW, 2011 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Northern Territory license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory) (5 registration series).

![Northern Territory (Australia) license plate, Standard (2011 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-nt/au-nt-standard/northern-territory-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CL 99 LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2011 → 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-nt-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard) |

Sources:

- [Northern Territory Government, read via the Internet Archive 2026-08-02: 'You will be given a general issue plate unless you want to apply for personalised plates' — the agency's confirmation that a general-issue class exists and is the default. NEGATIVE FINDING, recorded: the page never states the combination](https://nt.gov.au/driving/registration/number-plates-apply-or-transfer-plates)
- [The article cites an NT Government newsroom media release for the 2009 announcement; that URL is DEAD and its archive.today copy returned HTTP 429 on 2026-08-02 — the citation was chased and not reached](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_Northern_Territory)
- [this programme's own pinned research appendix, §2.5: an independent capture of the NT's 'Ca·nn·aa' format and 'ochre on white' colours. Corroboration, not a source of record](https://vehiclesdb-pipeline/aux/research/plates-2026-07/plates-research-us-world.md)

## About this plate

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY'S FIRST ALPHANUMERIC GENERAL ISSUE, AND A TEXTBOOK THREE-DATE ROLLOUT. The secondary source gives three different dates for one series and they are all real: ANNOUNCED 23 October 2009 (by an NT Government media release), UNVEILED January 2011, AVAILABLE FOR ISSUE June 2011.

## How numbers are issued

ascending; the second character advances first, on the reported evidence of plates observed in the CA and CC blocks

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard numeric](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard-numeric) | 1979 to 2011 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard numeric](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--northern-territory/standard-numeric) (1979 to 2011)

## Use it

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

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