Land Transport (Trade Plates) Notice 2011

4 Eligibility for trade plates and purposes for which trade plates may be used

• (1) The following persons or classes of persons are eligible to apply for and receive trade plates, and to use trade plates for the purposes specified:

  • (a) any motor vehicle trader, for use on unregistered motor vehicles held for sale while they are being used on a road for demonstration, delivery, repair, modification, evaluation, maintenance, or testing:

  • (b) any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, distributing, or importing motor vehicles, for use on unregistered motor vehicles held for construction or modification while they are being used on a road for demonstration, delivery, repair, modification, evaluation, or testing:

  • (c) any owner or manager of a transport museum business open to the public, for use on unregistered motor vehicles exhibited in the museum while they are being used on a road to travel to or from an exhibition or for a demonstration:

  • (d) a department of State, for use on unregistered motor vehicles that it is required to collect, distribute, or dispose of while they are being used on a road in the course of being collected, distributed, or disposed of:

  • (e) the New Zealand Defence Force as constituted by the Defence Act 1990, for use on unregistered motor vehicles—

    • (i) held for use by any of the Armed Forces and while those motor vehicles are being used on a road during any period of annual training or for servicing or repair; or

    • (ii) held for general mobilisation:

  • (f) any local authority, for use on unregistered or unlicensed motor vehicles while they are being used on a road for any purpose under the Local Government Act 1974, the Local Government Act 2002, or the Land Transport Act 1998, or any regulations, rules, or bylaws under those Acts:

  • (g) any person engaged in the business of delivering unregistered motor vehicles, for use on those motor vehicles while they are being used on a road in the course of being delivered directly from a place of storage to a place of sale, inspection, or repair:

  • (h) any person engaged in the business of repairing motor vehicles that are not required to be registered or licensed or that cannot be registered or licensed until the repairs are completed, for use on those motor vehicles while they are being used on a road for repair, evaluation, or testing:

  • (i) any person engaged in the business of dismantling unregistered or unlicensed motor vehicles, for use on those motor vehicles while they are being used on a road in the course of being collected for dismantling:

  • (j) any person appointed by the New Zealand Transport Agency to carry out the activities specified in section 2.2(1)(d), (e), (f), and (g) of the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 2002 in relation to unregistered or unlicensed motor vehicles while they are being used on a road for evaluation, testing, modification, or certification.

  (2) Any person to whom subclause (1) applies may apply to the Registrar for 1 or more trade plates, in accordance with regulation 24 of the Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2011.