Reprint as at 1 April 2021
(SR 2011/82)
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This notice is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
Pursuant to section 261 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the Minister of Transport gives the following notice.
This notice is the Land Transport (Trade Plates) Notice 2011.
This notice comes into force on 1 May 2011.
In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, motor vehicle trader—
means—
a motor vehicle trader within the meaning of section 7(a) of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003; or
any person otherwise lawfully engaged in trading motor vehicles; but
does not include a car consultant within the meaning of section 7(b) of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003.
(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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
the New Zealand Defence Force as constituted by the Defence Act 1990, for use on unregistered motor vehicles—
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
held for general mobilisation:
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:
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:
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:
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:
any person authorised by the Director of Land Transport 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.
Clause 4(1)(j): amended, on 1 April 2021, by section 175(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March 2011.
Hon Steven Joyce,Minister of Transport.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 31 March 2011.
This is a reprint of the Land Transport (Trade Plates) Notice 2011 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice as at the date of the last amendment to it.
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Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48): section 175(2)