UK number plate registrations - date query

[CoolHands]

If a car is registered in March 2012 it should be ‘12’ eg AB12 XYZ. And if in second half it has the 5, eg AB52 XYZ.

I thought newer registrations couldn’t be put on older cars? So how is this Nissan note I saw, registered March 2012, have a reg of AM53 LVY? As that would indicate 2nd half of 2013?

[DickyC]

CoolHands said:

If a car is registered in March 2012 it should be ‘12’ eg AB12 XYZ. And if in second half it has the 5, eg AB52 XYZ.

I thought newer registrations couldn’t be put on older cars? So how is this Nissan note I saw, registered March 2012, have a reg of AM53 LVY? As that would indicate 2nd half of 2013?

53 was the second half of '03.

[DickyC]

For 2012 it was 12 and 62.

[CoolHands]

Ah. I knew it looked wrong. So someone chose to buy a completely ordinary old number plate and put it on a 2012? Weird

[paul_c123]

CoolHands said:

If a car is registered in March 2012 it should be ‘12’ eg AB12 XYZ. And if in second half it has the 5, eg AB52 XYZ.

I thought newer registrations couldn’t be put on older cars? So how is this Nissan note I saw, registered March 2012, have a reg of AM53 LVY? As that would indicate 2nd half of 2013?

A 53 plate indicates a registration date of the second half of 2003 (strictly, Sept 01 2003 to Feb 29 2004).

[paul_c123]

CoolHands said:

If a car is registered in March 2012 it should be ‘12’ eg AB12 XYZ. And if in second half it has the 5, eg AB52 XYZ.

And second half of 2012 (ie Sept 2012 to end Feb 2013) would be a 62 plate, not a 52 plate.

The rule is, you add 50 onto the number for the second half years. 12+50 = 62