# South Africa license plate: GP standard 3L3F

> The South Africa GP standard 3L3F license plate: format LLL 999 GP, for example VWS 466 GP, documented since 2000.

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Part of [South Africa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa) (20 registration series).

![South Africa license plate, GP standard 3L3F (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-gp-standard-3l3f/south-africa-license-plate-gp-standard-3l3f.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999 GP` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Other sizes | 250 × 205 mm: reg 35(10); 250 × 165 mm: reg 35(10) |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; 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 | `za-gp-standard-3l3f` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/gp-standard-3l3f) |

Sources:

- [reg 27(2)(a)(ii)(aa) three letters + three figures; reg 27(3) composition; the proviso](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)
- [GG 37542 GN 287 of 9 April 2014 reproducing reg 27 in identical words](https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/37542gen287.pdf)
- [Gauteng form PRN1-GP: the registration-number fields are pre-printed 'G P' — the GP mark](https://cmbinary.gauteng.gov.za/Media?path=transport/Documents/Documents/GP%20Application%20Form%20-%20Personalised%20Number%20Plate.pdf&Item=658&Type=Documents&Location=/transport)
- [reg 35(2) colours, 35(10) sizes](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)

## About this plate

This series is not closed, the overwhelming majority of Gauteng plates on the road carry it, and it runs in parallel with the newer two-letter/two-figure/two-letter issue.

## How the region is encoded

The trailing GP is the reg 27(1) provincial mark for Gauteng and encodes the province of LICENSING, not the owner's address and not the place of first registration. It does not narrow further: Gauteng runs one province-wide system, not per-town codes.

## How numbers are issued

Reg 27 does not publish an allocation order and no Gauteng gazette setting one was located.

## Other standard plates here

- [GP standard 2L2F2L](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/gp-standard-2l2f2l) (2023 to today)
- [ZN standard 2L2F2L](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zn-standard-2l2f2l) (2023 to today)
- [EC standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/ec-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [FS standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/fs-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [LP standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/lp-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [MP standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/mp-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [NC standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/nc-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [NW standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/nw-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [WC RA mark](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/wc-ra-mark) (documented since 2000)
- [ZN RA mark](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zn-ra-mark) (documented 2000 to 2023)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-gp-standard-3l3f.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-africa?series=za-gp-standard-3l3f
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/za` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "za-gp-standard-3l3f"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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