(1)  A person may apply to the Registrar for a trade plate, if the person –

(a) carries on a business involving the manufacture, importation, sale, modification or repair of motor vehicles or trailers; or

(b) carries on any other business and satisfies the Registrar that a trade plate is reasonably required for the purposes of the business.

(2)  On receipt of an application under subregulation (1) , the Registrar may –

(a) issue the applicant with a trade plate; and

(b) authorise the applicant to use a vehicle, to which the trade plate is affixed, on public streets in the course of business without registration.

(3)  A person is authorised under subregulation (2) (b) to use the trade plate issued to the person –

(a) for a period determined by the Registrar; and

(b) on such conditions as determined by the Registrar.

(4)  A person to whom a trade plate is issued under subregulation (2) (a) may apply for a renewal of the authorisation under subregulation (2)(b) to use the trade plate.

(5)  An application under subregulation (1) or (4) must –

(a) be made to the Registrar in an approved form; and

(b) contain the information required in the approved form; and

(c) be accompanied by the documents or other materials required in the approved form; and

(d) be accompanied by –

(i) the applicable scheduled fees for the issue of the trade plate or the renewal of the authorisation to use the trade plate; and

(ii) the applicable third-party insurance premium.

(6)  If the Registrar issues a trade plate or renews the authorisation to use the trade plate, the Registrar must also issue to the holder of the plate a certificate –

(a) stating –

(i) the period for which the person is authorised to use the trade plate; and

(ii) the expiry date for the authorisation to use the trade plate; and

(iii) each condition on which the use of the trade plate is authorised, if any; and

(b) containing other information that the Registrar considers appropriate.

(7)  The Registrar may, by written notice given to the holder of a trade plate, add, vary or revoke a condition on the authorisation to use the trade plate.

(8)  Subject to this Division, the provisions of these regulations relating to number plates apply to a trade plate as if –

(a) a reference to a number plate were a reference to a trade plate; and

(b) a reference to the registered operator of a vehicle were a reference to the holder of a trade plate.