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New Zealand number plate: Trade heavy

Issued today 2016 to today. Dealer plates for truck, bus, and trailer, issued by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998). One of 18 New Zealand number plates.

New Zealand license plate, Trade heavy (2016 to today), sample X3803
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Format, years and the law

Format
X9999, for example X3803 (9 any digit)
  • the letter X, preceding or following not more than 4 numerals
  • SEPARATELY: the letters HV above the last 2 digits of the calendar year, set vertically to the right

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2016 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for truck, bus, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #000000 Background #FFCC00
About this plate
It came into existence with the Road User Charges regime's vocabulary: reg 36(1)(a) defines its scope by reference to a "heavy RUC vehicle (within the meaning of the Road User Charges Act 2012)", and NZTA translates that into the 3500 kg line. The asymmetry is worth carrying: a heavy plate may lawfully be used on a light vehicle, a light plate may not be used on a heavy one.
How long it is valid
expires: 31 December of the year shown. rule: reg 27(1)-(2)

Legal basis and sources

  1. reg 36(1)(a) and 36(2)(a); Schedule 3 diagram 1 'inserted, on 1 January 2016, by regulation 8 of the Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/378)' https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0079/latest/whole.html
  2. 'Heavy trade plate: Must be used for heavy vehicles (vehicles with a gross vehicle mass over 3500kg). May also be used for a light vehicle.' https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/motor-vehicle-traders/trade-plates

Before and after

New Zealand license plate, Trade 1999 (1999 to 2016) It replaced Trade 1999 1999 to 2016

This plate in your app

The series id is nz-trade-heavy-2016. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of New Zealand's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/nz \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "nz-trade-heavy-2016")'
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