Hire vehicle plates may be issued to persons holding written authority from the Victorian Taxi Directorate to allow a vehicle to be registered as a hire vehicle.

Once issued, the plates must remain on the vehicle to which they are assigned until they are cancelled, a change of number is effected, or the plates are transferred to another hire vehicle.

The plates may only be assigned to a vehicle that is registered in the name of the owner of a licensed hire vehicle.

No fee is payable when plates are transferred from one hire vehicle to another hire vehicle or a vehicle being registered as a hire vehicle.

Hire vehicle plates may only be assigned to a hire vehicle owned by the same person or incorporated body as the vehicle to which the plates were originally assigned.

Any previous number plates assigned to the vehicle must be returned to your nearest VicRoads Customer Service Centre or destroyed.

Hire Vehicle plates are plates manufactured to allow ready identification of hire vehicles licensed by the Victorian Taxi Directorate, and may only be assigned to a vehicle authorised by the Victorian Taxi Directorate to operate as a licensed hire vehicle. They may be transferred from one vehicle to another provided that authorisation is obtained from the Victorian Taxi Directorate prior to the transfer.

Hire Vehicle plates have blue characters on a white background, and are issued in the following range:
Motor cars VHA 000 to VHA 999
Motor cars VHC 000 to VHC 999
Motor cycles S 000 to S 999

Hire Vehicle plates are not available in the slimline format.