MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 62
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 62
(1) If the Registrar
is satisfied, on such evidence as the Registrar may require, that a person is
engaged in a business in which trade plates are reasonably required for use
for a purpose of a kind prescribed by the regulations and stated in the
person's application, the Registrar may, on payment of the prescribed fee,
issue to the person such number of trade plates as the Registrar considers
necessary, having regard to the person's business requirements.
(2) The Registrar may,
in determining whether an applicant for the issuing of trade plates satisfies
the requirements of subsection (1), seek the advice and assistance of a
person or body that represents the interests of those engaged in a business of
the kind in which the applicant is engaged.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2), the Registrar may enter into an arrangement with a
person or body on such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit.
(4) The Registrar must
keep a record showing the name and place of business of every person to whom a
trade plate has been issued under this section.
(6) The Registrar may
issue a trade plate to any person or persons in a business name registered in
accordance with the Business Names Registration Act 2011 of the
Commonwealth under which that person or those persons carry on business.
(7) A trade plate will
be taken to have been issued on a date determined by the Registrar in respect
of that trade plate and will not be effective for the purposes of this Act
before that date.