Licence plates in NSW

Transport for NSW Roads and Maritime Services issues licence plates. 

Combinations are xx-nn-xx for cars and xxx-nn for motorbikes. There are many more combinations, though, and a full list is available on this article on Wikipedia.

There are a number of offences you can commit with number plates, and some fines (some with demerit points:

For class A vehicles

• Use vehicle without correctly fixed/displayed number plate is a $415 fine and 3 demerit points
• Use vehicle with obscured/defaced/illegible number plate is a $415 fine and 3 demerit points
• Use vehicle with unauthorised number plate is a $415 fine and 3 demerit points
• Use vehicle with illegal number plate is a $415 fine and 3 demerit points

For class C vehicles the fine for any of the above is $623.

More substantial fines are:

Not attach number plate confiscation notice as required is a $2,145, as is operating a vheicle during number plate confiscation period, or removing or tampering with a number plate production notice.

Fines attracting slightly lower fines include all the following which are $104.

• Not comply notice to return number plate
• Plate holder fail to surrender damaged number plate
• Not surrender other number plate - existing one damaged
• Not notify authority of lost/stolen number plate
• Not notify authority of destroyed number plate
• Not deliver number plate to authority
• Not notify recovered lost/stolen number plate
• Not deliver recovered/lost number plate
• Not return number plate after registration expiry