s.21Trade plates
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Section 21Part 2 — Registration and Licensing of Vehicles

Trade plates

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The Director may, on the application of a person who is licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) to carry on business as a motor vehicle dealer, agent, repairer or trader and payment of the prescribed fee, issue, on such conditions as that Director may determine, trade plates of the prescribed number and design.
The trade plates issued under subsection (1) allow the business concerned to take or cause to be taken on the road for the purposes of the business an unregistered or unlicensed vehicle where —
the vehicle is held by the business for the purposes stated in subsection (1);
the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle comply with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and
the vehicle otherwise complies with this Act and the regulations.
Trade plates shall be issued for a maximum of one year at a time at the prescribed fee.
The Director shall ensure that at any one time a person does not hold more than three pairs of trade plates.
The Director may request the holder of trade plates to surrender or renew them.
A person who unlawfully uses trade plates on a vehicle or breaches any terms and conditions imposed under subsection (1) or does not comply with a request of the Director under subsection (4A) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.

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