License plate (Northern Ireland)

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Rear license plate from Northern Ireland with Euroband.
Rear number plate with the unofficial nationality mark NI in the Euroband .
Rear license plate without euro band.
Front number plate with the unofficial nationality symbol IRL in the Euroband.
Trailer license plate with green IRL Euroband.

Northern Ireland has retained the 1903 system for its license plates , which applied to all of Ireland until 1987 . The signs have two (until 1966) or three letters (one of which is always an I or Z ), followed by a maximum four-digit number.

The regional origin can be seen from the last two letters. Unlike most of the rest of the United Kingdom , a year or period of first registration of the vehicle cannot be derived from the Northern Irish license plates.

Numbers below 1001 and multiples of 1000 or 1111 are only assigned as a desired number. Front signs have a white background, rear ones a yellow background.

The license plates can have a blue band on the left edge with the twelve gold stars of the EU and the letters GB for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Despite Brexit, there are no plans (as of January 2018) to abolish the use of the EU flag.

Some license plates have the nationality symbol NI for Northern Ireland or IRL for Ireland instead of the "GB" in the national symbol field . In contrast to SCO for Scotland or CYM for Cymru ( Wales ), for example, these abbreviations are not official.

Regional codes

code County / City code County / City code County / City
AZ Belfast IL Fermanagh SZ Down
BZ Down IW Londonderry TZ Belfast
CZ Belfast JI Tyrone UI Derry
Double room Antrim JZ Down UZ Belfast
EZ Belfast concentration camp Antrim VZ Tyrone
FZ Belfast LZ Armagh WZ Belfast
GZ Belfast MZ Belfast XI Belfast
HZ Tyrone NZ Londonderry XZ Armagh
IA Antrim OI Belfast Y Z Londonderry
IB Armagh OZ Belfast QNI re-registration in Northern Ireland
IG Fermanagh PZ Belfast
IJ Down RZ Antrim

literature

  • Philip Riden: How to Trace the History of Your Car , Academy Books Ltd., London, 1991, ISBN 1-873361-05-X

Web links

Commons : License plates of Northern Ireland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Union Jack to appear on British number plates after March 2019. In: Petitions UK Government and Parliament. Crown copyright, accessed March 25, 2020 (UK English).
  2. Displaying number plates. In: GOV.UK. Crown copyright, January 9, 2018, accessed March 25, 2020 (UK English).