VATNINMT3500 - The format of the tax-free registration mark

Vehicles supplied in the UK under the new means of transport regime will be registered on export plates with the DVLA if they are to be used on the UK’s roads prior to removal. A special series of index numbers are used in the format below. Since 2014 the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) has been responsible for Vehicle Excise Duty and licensing of vehicles in Northern Ireland.

Example registration: XA51 ABC

Letters	Series	Element in the series
X	Indicates export
A	Month in which mark is issued	A = March or September
	B = April or October
	C = May or November
	D = June or December
	E = July or January
	F = August or February
51	Age identifier	March 2002 - August 2002 = 02March 2002 - August 2002 = 02
	Sept 2002 - Feb 2002 = 52
	Sept 2003 - Feb 2004 = 53
	March 2003 - August 2003 = 03
	March 2004 - August 2004 = 04
	Sept 2004 - Feb 2005 = 54
	Through to:
	March 2049 - August 2049 = 49
	Sept 2049 - Feb 2050 = 99
ABC	Alpha characters	Random

For security reasons, UK forces personnel are issued with standard index numbers.