# Malta license plate: Standard 1979

> The Malta standard 1979 license plate: format L-9999, for example D-8917, 1979 to 1995, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Malta license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta) (13 registration series).

![Malta license plate, Standard 1979 (1979 to 1995)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mt/mt-standard-1979/malta-license-plate-standard-1979.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1979–1995 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `mt-standard-1979` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-1979) |

Sources:

- [L.N. 128 of 1994 regs. 31-32 — the delegating provision that explains why no format instrument exists for this era](https://legislation.mt/eli/ln/1994/128/eng)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Malta)

## About this plate

THE LETTER-AND-FOUR-DIGITS ERA. Entirely secondary and entirely administrative. Recorded because the shape is distinctive and a parse API benefits from recognising it, not because any of its boundaries are established.

## About the format

The separator class accepts a hyphen or a space and the quantifier makes it optional, because nothing prescribes it

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 1952](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-1952) | 1952 to 1979 |
| Replaced by | [Standard 1995](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-1995) | 1995 to 2004 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2004](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-2004) (2004 to today)
- [Standard 1995](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-1995) (1995 to 2004)
- [Standard 1952](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malta/standard-1952) (1952 to 1979)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mt/mt-standard-1979.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/malta?series=mt-standard-1979
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/mt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "mt-standard-1979"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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