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D2 reg plate?

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    #32
    Litcagral
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    maidhc wrote:
    I dont think it is retrospective though, any time in the past they changed the provisions they applied only to new registrations. I am open to correction on this, but my understanding was you only needed to comply with the provisions as they applied at the date of first registration.

    Anyway the reality is you are more likely to get pulled for "D2" messing that for driving your classic with original silver on black, or black on red plates.


    AFAIK classics imported after 1991 that have been allocated club registrations (i.e. ZV) are permitted to use silver on black plates.


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    #33
    Silvera
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    Vehicles permitted to use silver-on-black plates -

    - ZV registrations (i.e. vehicle over 30yrs old)
    - ZZ " (i.e. export plates)
    - Military vehicles
    - Buses
    ......plus any vehicle first registered here before Dec 1986.


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    #34
    Litcagral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭Litcagral


    Silvera wrote:
    Vehicles permitted to use silver-on-black plates -

    - ZV registrations (i.e. vehicle over 30yrs old)
    - ZZ " (i.e. export plates)
    - Military vehicles
    - Buses
    ......plus any vehicle first registered here before Dec 1986.


    What is meant by "export plates"? I see quite a few "ZZ" plates around (usually driven by foreign doctors) but I thought that they could only be used for a very short period.


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    #35
    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    'ZZ' plates are officially known as 'Temporary Registrations'.

    They are valid for one month only to allow unregistered vehicles to be driven in Ireland when awaiting formal registration OR (as is the case with 99% of them) to allow foreign buyers to drive the vehicles home (i.e. to their home country).

    A red sticker is attached to the plate showing the date of expiry.


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    #36
    Litcagral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭Litcagral


    Silvera wrote:
    'ZZ' plates are officially known as 'Temporary Registrations'.

    They are valid for one month only to allow unregistered vehicles to be driven in Ireland when awaiting formal registration OR (as is the case with 99% of them) to allow foreign buyers to drive the vehicles home (i.e. to their home country).

    A red sticker is attached to the plate showing the date of expiry.


    Thanks for that. I haven't noticed the red stickers - must look out for them.


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    #37
    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Litcagral wrote:
    Thanks for that. I haven't noticed the red stickers - must look out for them.

    No problem.
    I suspect that some people remove the stickers after they expire, and keep driving on their ZZ plates !:(


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    #38
    Type 17
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    Silvera wrote:
    Vehicles permitted to use silver-on-black plates -

    - ZV registrations (i.e. vehicle over 30yrs old)
    - ZZ " (i.e. export plates)
    - Military vehicles
    - Buses
    ......plus any vehicle first registered here before Dec 1986.

    Actually, the leaflet from the Revenue states that vehicles "registered before 1992" do not have to have Euro-plates - it doesn't say "first registered" or "registered in Ireland", which is why my UK-import Golf is perfectly legal on its black-and-silver 83-D-NNNN plates...


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    #39
    Silvera
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    Type 17 wrote:
    Actually, the leaflet from the Revenue states that vehicles "registered before 1992" do not have to have Euro-plates - it doesn't say "first registered" or "registered in Ireland", which is why my UK-import Golf is perfectly legal on its black-and-silver 83-D-NNNN plates...

    For your car to be "perfectly legal" it must either have black-on-white plates (i.e. if imported between Jan '87 and Jan 91) or 'Euro' plates (if imported after Jan 91).


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