The vehicle registration plate

Vehicle registration plate

A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing region's database...

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

are similar to those of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, with the same colours and typeface, which conform to 1998 European standard design

European vehicle registration plates

A European vehicle registration plate is a vehicle registration plate, a metal or plastic plate or plates attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the...

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Dimensions

Number plates in Gibraltar have the same measurements as those in the UK

British car number plates

Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory number plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle, and have existed in the United Kingdom since 1904...

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• Front plates (white) are 520 mm x 111 mm (Standard).
• Rear plates (yellow) may be 520 mm x 111 mm (Standard) or 285 mm x 203 mm (Square).

Privately owned vehicles

From 1912 to 2001 Gibraltar number plates consisted of the letter "G" (for Gibraltar) followed by a series of digits issued in numerical order. The maximum number of digits was five, so the first registration plate would have been "G 1" and the last was "G 99999". A new system was introduced in October 2001, in anticipation of running out of registration numbers once reaching "G 99999". The new system consists of the letter "G" followed by four digits (1000-9999) and another letter. The last letter represents the series. For example, series A consists of all registration plates from "G 1000 A" to "G 9999 A". The next series is B, and so on. Currently (April 2010), registration plates in Gibraltar are in series C. The European flag

European flag

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 is also now featured, along with Gibraltar's international vehicle registration GBZ.

• Registrations can be re-issued.

Special number plates

• Military vehicles in Gibraltar display regular UK military plates in the format nnLLnn. Most military vehicles in Gibraltar use the letters "RN" (reserved for Royal Navy vehicles), although some use other letters indicating that they are from Army or RAF. UK military vehicles do not carry national identity ovals, but sometimes display a small Union Flag.
• The Chief Minister
  Chief Minister of Gibraltar
  The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the leader of the largest party elected to the Gibraltar Parliament, and is formally appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British Crown.-List of Chief Ministers:...
  
  's official car
  Official state car
  An official state car is a car used by a government to transport its head of state in an official capacity, which may also be used occasionally to transport other members of the government or visiting dignitaries from other countries. On a state visit, the official state car might be transported...
  
   has the registration number "G1".
• The Governor
  Governor of Gibraltar
  The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Governor is appointed by the British Monarch on the advice of the British Government...
  
  's official car, following tradition, displays a Crown, in place of a registration plate with a number.
• Some motorcycles display their taxation disc attached to the licence plate.
• Temporary/export plates are similar to, and in the same series as, the regular issues. However at the right hand side of the plate is a green band, showing month and year of expiry. Until 2001 temporary tourist (duty free) plates had registrations from the normal series except that the prefix used was GG. This series reached past GG90000, and was probably superseded by the dated green band style when the suffix letter was introduced.
• Dealers' plates are light blue with the letters DLR and a serial number in white. These are usually magnetic plates, but also can be simply written on paper or cardboard etc.

See also

• Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom
• Vehicle registration plates of Europe
• Transport in Gibraltar
  Transport in Gibraltar
  Gibraltar has a limited public transport system, due to the small size of the territory and the impact of the constitutional dispute with Spain.-Private transport:...