Diplomatic plates<\/p>\n
Since 1979 cars operated by foreign embassies, high commissions, consular staff, and various international organisations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of three numbers, one letter, three numbers. The letter is D for diplomats or X for accredited non-diplomatic staff. The first group of three numbers identifies the country or organisation to whom the plate has been issued, the second group of three numbers is a serial number, starting at 101 for diplomats (although some embassies were erroneously issued 100), 400 for non-diplomatic staff of international organisations, and 700 for consular staff. Thus, for example, 101 D 101 identifies the first plate allocated to the Afghanistan embassy, 900 X 400 is the first plate allocated to the Commonwealth Secretariat.<\/p>\n
A limited number of “personal” plates, bearing a similar format to earlier civilian registrations, are issued to embassies and high commissions for use of their senior officials. For example, the United States embassy is allowed to use the registration USA 1 on one of its fleet of vehicles.<\/p>\n
more information at www.regplates.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diplomatic plates Since 1979 cars operated by foreign embassies, high commissions, consular staff, and various international organisations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of three numbers, one letter, three numbers. The letter is D for diplomats or X<\/p>\n