# Ireland number plate: Temporary ZZ

> The Ireland temporary ZZ number plate: format ZZ 99999, for example ZZ 66022, 1993 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Ireland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ireland) (7 registration series).

![Ireland license plate, Temporary ZZ (1993 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ie/ie-temporary-zz/ireland-license-plate-temporary-zz.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `ZZ 99999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1993 → today |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `ie-temporary-zz` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ireland/temporary-zz) |

Sources:

- [Revenue (the authority): 'The ZZ system of temporary registration is administered by the Automobile Association (AA) of Ireland on behalf of Revenue. A vehicle which is not permanently registered can use a ZZ registration for up to one month prior to its exportation. A ZZ registration consists of the letters ZZ followed by a unique five-digit number.' Qualifying conditions: the vehicle temporarily in Ireland, the applicant established outside Ireland, all taxes paid.](https://www.revenue.ie/en/vrt/vehicle-registration-tax/zz-registrations-vintage-vehicles-and-zv-plates.aspx)
- [S.I. No. 60 of 1993, Temporary Exemption from Registration of Vehicles Regulations, 1993 — deemed in operation 01-01-1993, made under s. 141(3) Finance Act 1992. READ IN FULL AND IT DOES NOT MENTION ZZ: it sets the conditions for exemption under s. 135(a)-(c) and says nothing about a mark.](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/si/60/made/en/print)

## About this plate

TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR NON-RESIDENTS, one month, exportation-bound, administered by the AA of Ireland on Revenue's behalf. PERIOD HONESTY, and this is the weakest date in the file, stated plainly: 1993 is the year the Revenue registration regime commenced and under which Revenue describes ZZ as operating. NO INSTRUMENT PRESCRIBING THE ZZ MARK WAS LOCATED, not in S.I. 318/1992, not in S.I. 60/1993 (read in full), and not in any Vehicle Registration and Taxation amendment 1993-2025 in a year-by-year sweep of the Irish Statute Book. The format is nevertheless firm, because the authority states it in terms.

## About the format

FIVE DIGITS EXACTLY, on the authority's own statement, the one series in this file whose digit width IS pinned, and pinned by Revenue rather than by an instrument.

## Use it

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

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