Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021

The holder of a trade plate must ensure that the trade plate is only used for one or more of the following purposes:to enable an unregistered vehicle to be taken from a place of manufacture or storage to a place of sale; to enable the test driving of an unregistered vehicle on public streets; to enable the demonstration of an unregistered vehicle to prospective purchasers; to enable delivery of an unregistered vehicle to a purchaser or prospective purchaser; to enable the use of an unregistered vehicle on public streets for some other purpose connected with its manufacture, repair, modification or sale; for another purpose permitted by the Registrar and specified in the certificate issued under regulation 123(6) in relation to the trade plate. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

A person must not use, or permit the use of, a trade plate for a purpose other than one authorised under subregulation (1). Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

A person must not use, or permit the use of, an unregistered vehicle on a public street under the authority of a trade plate unless the trade plate is – temporarily fixed to the rear of the vehicle in the position appropriate for a permanent number plate; or displayed on the vehicle in some other way acceptable to the Registrar. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.