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National heavy vehicle plates

Started by City Designer, July 04, 2018, 01:06:53 AM

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City Designer

Looks like the end of state based standard issue plates for buses across Australia.

From 1 July 2018, a national heavy vehicle plate will be issued in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT—and Victoria from 1 October 2018—whenever:


  • a new heavy vehicle is registered
  • an unregistered vehicle is re-registered (contact a transport authority customer service centre in your state or territory for details about the particular conditions that apply in your jurisdiction)
  • a state or territory registration is transferred to a participating jurisdiction
  • a lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen number plate is replaced.

https://www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/registration/national-heavy-vehicle-plates

aldonius

Seems like a very sensible move.  :clp: :clp:

achiruel

I wonder what this will mean for some of the bus companies that have personalised plates, e.g. PRT?

Although I've often wondered why a bus company would want to waste money on such a thing.

SurfRail

- NSW public passenger bus plates are remaining (why I don't know), so you will still see m/o / MO / TV type plates.  I haven't seen anything to indicate the Victorians or other jurisdictions participating in the HVNL other than NSW are getting rid of their bus specific plates.

- Personalised plates are remaining.

It's all the other heavy vehicle plate categories that are going (eg South Australia's own heavy vehicle plates), plus using general issue plates for heavy vehicles.
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City Designer

Brisbane Transport bus 1423 is the first existing bus to be fitted with NHV plates and 1641 is the first new bus to be fitted with the plates.

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