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Northern Ireland number plates can be placed into the 'dateless' category of number plates, meaning you can assign them to roadworthy vehicles of any age in the UK . This has led to them being used as convenient "cover" plates. In other words, these registration plates can be used to disguise the year of your vehicle.

From 1966 to date, Northern Irish plates follow the 'AXX 1234' format. 'XX' represents the country code and the 'A' is a serial letter. The numbers that follow the 'AXX' section run from 1-9999. This combination means that plates in Northern Ireland fall under the “dateless” number format.

Vehicle registrations for the whole of the UK (including Northern Ireland) are managed by the DVLA - this means Irish registrations can be easily assigned to any UK vehicle. Northern Irish registration marks are effectively dateless.

Yes you can change your Irish Registration providing the vehicle is registered in mainland UK. The Private Plate Company offer a scheme whereby we can change your existing Irish registration number to a UK registration for you. The cost of this service is just £79.00.

Northern Irish number plates The system for car number plates in Northern Ireland makes use of the national system employed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that first began in 1904 when the Motor Car Act of 1903 was officially made law.

The format YY[1 or 2] - County - sequential number will apply to all vehicles registered since 1 January 2013. This applies to vehicles registered either in Ireland or another country. For registration purposes the year is broken into two halves. YY1 applies to vehicles registered between 1 January and 30 June.