Vehicle registration plates of the Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. Current regular issue plates are to the standard Australian dimensions of 372 mm (14.6 in) in length by 134 mm (5.3 in) in height, and use standard Australian serial dies.
YAA·000
Up to 1968, ACT Plates were issued in numerics from 1 to 99-935 (the last one issued) in white on navy blue. From September 1968 the Yaa-nnn series commenced (in blue on reflective white) at YAB. YAA was set aside for recalls of numericals, but public pressure led to a backflip and the authorities allowed motorists to retain their existing numbers as long as they converted them into blue on reflective white, for a fee.
ACT plates were the first of any region in Australia to be reflective, this commenced at YAA-nnn.
By November 1979, It changed with the new slogan added to "ACT- Canberra The National Capital" starting at YMA-000 as the previous block stopped at YJZ-999.
In 1983, following the change of Federal Government, blocks of YKA to YKK's in the previous style were allocated to the public as it was found in storage.
To celebrate the Bicentennial celebrations in 1988, new vehicle registrations received plates from YRS-000 to YSP-999 that had a black outline of the new Parliament House in the middle, flanked by 1788 on the left and 1988 on the right. As these special plates become evermore rarer, they are sought after and particularly valuable. Remakes have been done in current embossing style.
In early 1996, as YZZ-999 was reached, it went back to YKL to continue filling the unused allocation in the ACT- Canberra The National Capital slogan, and filled unused YAQ, YBQ, YCQ, YDQ, YEQ, YFQ, YGQ, YHQ, YIQ, YJQ, before ending as YLZ-999.
YAA·00A
In 1998 when the previous series was exhausted, the series changed to Yaa-nna. The previous Feel the Power Slogan was replaced by the original "ACT – Canberra The Nation's Capital" and an optional slogan was offered "ACT – Canberra Heart of the Nation".
In 1999, manufacturer changes lead to the adoption of NSW Premium embossed dies on ACT plates and continues today. This started from 'YAT-00A'.
Since 2007 a special series bearing the slogan "ACT-Celebration of a Century 2013" is being issued in commemoration of Canberra's centenary year in 2013. These plates were issued starting with YGA-00A, then at end of YGZ-99Z it skipped over to YIA-00A.
Since 8 July 2015, a new slogan has been offered, CANBERRA – AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY, as an additional option to the existing slogans. The ranges YKQ-00A to YKQ-99Z and YLP-00A to YLP-99Z have been allocated for this new slogan.
Canberra - The Nation's Capital series has also been updated as the alphanumerics has been embossed closer rather than the wider and the ink colour changed to a slightly darker blue tone.
As of January 2017, the ACT Government announced it is shortlisting 10 new slogans and has asked the public to choose only one new slogan.
The new ACT number plate slogan ideas decided by the panel to be voted on are:
NGUNNAWAL COUNTRY AUSTRALIA’S MEETING PLACE CBR – AN ACTIVE CITY CBR – CITY OF DIVERSITY CBR – DRIVING THE NATION CBR – GREEN AND CLEAN CBR – BRILLIANT POSSIBILITIES CBR – FOR ALL SEASONS CANBERRA – THE BUSH CAPITAL CBR – AUSTRALIA’S COOL CAPITAL
Then the public has to choose one winning existing slogan out of 4 current slogans. CANBERRA - THE NATION'S CAPITAL, CANBERRA-AGE FRIENDLY CITY, FEEL THE POWER OF CANBERRA and the Parliament House logo. The losing 3 slogans will then be phased out once the new slogan plates will be manufactured in the middle of 2017. Results were announced in March 2017. Results went out this week as of 13 March 2017 - CANBERRA – THE BUSH CAPITAL won the vote and will form part of the new slogan choice along with the CANBERRA - THE NATION'S CAPITAL. The new slogan production, released on 3 July 2017.
Production of FEEL THE POWER OF CANBERRA, CANBERRA - THE HEART OF THE NATION and CANBERRA - THE AGE FRIENDLY CITY and PARLIAMENT HOUSE plates will cease.
As of 8 December 2017, following the formal legal status of the Same Sex Marriage legislation, the ACT Government announced that a Rainbow themed number plate will be released soon, and instead of the traditional slogan, the rainbow colour will run at the bottom of the plates.
As of September 2018, the new ACT slimline plates was released, and is the same as NSW style but colour is blue on white and ACT identifier stamped on plate.
Motorcycle - A·0000
Trailer - T 0000 A
Personalised plates - AA·000
In January 1984, ACT began offering personalised plates in that range from AA-000 to ZZ-999 in blue on reflective white base with the usual slogans as the general series.
Plastic flat plates started to be offered since 1992 in a printed plastic plates coming in white on different colours as red, blue, green, black and later pink, orange. Due to premature cracking of the original plastic, the manufacture changed it to plexiglass as of 1999. Comes in 12-345, AB-123, YAB-123 or YAB-12D formats.
YAA-000- YZZ-999 and YAA-00A to YZZ-99Z are also included.
Skipped Combinations: 12-345, 99–936 to 99-999, YAB-12C, YIR-00A to YIZ-99Z
Public transport vehicles are allocated distinctive codes:
ACT Government vehicles are allocated codes 2nn-nnn. The plates are red/brown on reflective white with ACT GOVERNMENT below the number.
ActewAGL vehicles are issued with plates in the format of YWE-nnn, the 'W' and 'E' standing for water and electricity.
Vehicles registered in the Jervis Bay Territory are issued ACT plates in the format of YZO-nnn until 2013 when YJJ-00A is now issued with a new format
Historic vehicles owned by members of registered ACT motor vehicle clubs and used only for approved events may be granted special plates at concessional registration.
Until circa 1996 the plates were standard blue on reflective white with the following wording and numbering:
From c1996 the plates were reduced in size to approximately 253mm x 95mm with black lettering on reflective white. These have the Council of ACT Motor Clubs logo on the left with the following wording and numbering: