# New Zealand number plate: Trade 1999

> The New Zealand trade 1999 number plate: format X9999, for example X3618, 1999 to 2016, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, and trailer.

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Part of [New Zealand license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand) (18 registration series).

![New Zealand license plate, Trade 1999 (1999 to 2016)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nz/nz-trade-1999/new-zealand-license-plate-trade-1999.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `X9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1999–2016 |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer |
| Colours | background #FFCC00; characters #000000 |
| 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 | `nz-trade-1999` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/trade-1999) |

Sources:

- [cl 7A, 'inserted, on 22 July 1999, by clause 3(1) of the Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Notice 1999 (SR 1999/204)'; cll 4 and 7 revoked by cl 3(2) of the same instrument](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1995/0136/latest/whole.html)
- [reg 36 as replaced on 1 January 2016 by LI 2014/378 reg 4 — the instrument that ends this series](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0079/latest/whole.html)
- ['In 1986 black characters on yellow plates were introduced, showing the last two digits of the year the plate was purchased. The current series 1X–9999X and X1– X9999 replace the D series.'](https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-rail/research-and-data/fascinating-facts/number-plates)

## What each position encodes

- the letter X, preceded or followed by exactly 4 numerals
- SEPARATELY: the last 2 digits of the year of issue, set vertically to the right

## About this plate

Two facts sit around it and are recorded rather than folded in. FIRST, the yellow trade plate is older than this series: NZTA dates yellow-with-year to 1986, and cl 7A of 1999 is what merged the trade PLATE with the trade LICENCE into one object ("serves also as the trade plate for the motor vehicle in respect of which it is issued"), the pre-1999 form was not located and is a gap. SECOND, NZTA records that the X series "replace the 'D' series", so New Zealand trade plates once ran on a D letter; that older series is unmodelled and unresearched, and it is also why D and X are the two letters withheld from trailer plates.

## How long it is valid

expires: 31 December of the year shown

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Trade 2016](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/trade-2016) | 2016 to today |

## Other dealer plates here

- [Trade 2016](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/trade-2016) (2016 to today)
- [Trade heavy](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/trade-heavy-2016) (2016 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nz/nz-trade-1999.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-zealand?series=nz-trade-1999
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/nz` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "nz-trade-1999"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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