New License Plates

NEW LICENSE PLATES are proud to be a registered and approved embosser and fitment centre with:

• 1. The Gauteng Provincial Government and

• 2. SABS (South African Bureau of Standards) as an

• .....2.1 Embosser and

• .....2.2 Automotive Fitment Centre

Mission Statement
NEW LICENSE PLATES strive to provide a professional service to the public and to combat crime and corruption by following the National Traffic Laws and Regulations as prescribed by the Gauteng Province.

Intelligent Number Plate - iNP
The Government is launching the NEW INTELLIGENT NUMBER PLATE (iNP) project on 01 November 2010, which will affect all the trucks, busses, trailers, caravans, motorcycles and other vehicles that require a number plate in the Gauteng Province that will be rolled out over the next 2-3 years.

As soon as the current BBB999*GP series is exhausted the iNP project will start or replace the old series with BB99BB*GP (consisting of two letters followed by two figures followed by two letters and the letters “GP” denoting the Gauteng Province) aluminium plates. The “new” BB00BB*GP intelligent number plate will be marked with a unique identification code, an authentication code and an expiry decal and the letters and numbers will remain dark blue with a white background.
The iNP will have its own validity period of five years from date of issue and the plate shall expire in the same month as the yearly license renewal.

Note: Motor dealers and blank manufacturers shall not be registered as Embossers and shall thus not emboss plates.

Personalised or special number plates
All vehicles with personalised or special number shall use the new intelligent plate format from 01 April 2011. Please refer to the Provincial Gazette Extraordinary Vol.16 Pretoria, 7 July 2010 No. 137 edition for detailed information regarding personalised plates, schedule 4, pages 20-29.

Plastic Number Plates
The Gauteng Government legislated on 2010-07-07 that the use of PLASTIC NUMBER PLATES will cease on 2010-08-06. This means that the only number plate that will be legal in the Gauteng Province from this date will be the new aluminium embossed number plates.

Legal Size of Number Plates (Government Gazette no. 29865 dated 04 May 2007)
“Provided that no person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle first registered on or after 01 January 2010, unless such vehicle is fitted with a 520mm x 113mm or 250mm x 205mm or 250mm x 165mm size number plate” These are the only legal sizes you may fit on your vehicle and yes, this applies to all motorcycles.

Please Note: 440mm x 120mm size number plates MAY NOT BE FIITTED to a vehicle first registered on or after 01 January 2010

Important information to the public should you not comply with the above;

• The owner of the vehicle will be in contravention of the National Road Traffic act.

• The contravention may lead to the Motor Vehicle being declared un-roadworthy and the owner of the vehicle will be fined accordingly.

• Further to the above we wish to inform you that it is illegal to have any form of advertising on the number plate or number plate holder. (Eg.: Like the name of the dealership)

How do you obtain these INTELLIGENT NUMBER PLATES as specified from an embosser?
The REQUESTER need to provide the following information to the embosser (New License Plates):

• His or her valid Republic of South Africa Identification Document or a current Passport, and

• Original Motor Vehicle License document,

• If the vehicle owner is a South African citizen; a certified copy of the South African Identification Document of the registered vehicle owner,

• If the vehicle owner is a foreign national; a certified copy of the passport of the registered vehicle owner,

• If the vehicle owner is a legal person; a letter identifying the requester as a proxy,

• The plate to be replaced or a declaration why such plate cannot be surrendered to the embosser. (You have to hand over your old plates)

• Lost, missing or stolen plates must be reported to the police.

All motor vehicles licensed with the BBB 999-series shall use this licence number with the new intelligent plate format as set out below:

BBB999-SERIES REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE

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