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British Car Registrations
British Car Registrations
Since 1904, all cars registered in the United Kingdom have had to carry registration numbers. These are referred to as British car registrations.
The current standard for British car registrations is black characters on reflective white (for the front plate), and black characters on reflective yellow (for the rear plate). Older plates had used white, grey or silver characters on black backgrounds. Only vehicles built prior to January 1st 1973 may now carry these plates.
The current system of British car registrations consists of seven characters. The first two characters are the area code, consisting of two letters. The first refers to the region, and the second to the local registration office.
This is followed by a two-digit age identifier. For British car registrations issued in March, the code is the last two digits of the year (e.g. '06' for March 2006). For car registrations issued in September, 50 is added to this number (e.g. '56' for September 2006).
A three-letter sequence follows, which has no specific meaning other than uniquely distinguishing each of the vehicles which display the same four-character sequence. This scheme is expected to have sufficient numbers to last until 2050.
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