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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Registration plates

261: Eligibility for trade plates

You could also call this:

“The Minister decides who can get trade plates and what they can be used for”

The Minister can decide who can get trade plates. They can say what types of people or groups are allowed to ask for and get these plates. The Minister can also say what you can use trade plates for. If the Minister wants to, they can stop some people or groups from getting or using trade plates.

When the Minister makes these decisions, they do it by writing a notice. This notice is a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out how this type of law is shared with everyone by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Registration plates

261Eligibility for trade plates

  1. The Minister may, by notice,—

  2. declare the persons or classes of persons who are eligible to apply for and receive trade plates; and
    1. prescribe the purpose for which trade plates may be used; and
      1. remove the eligibility of persons or classes of persons to apply for and receive or to use trade plates.

        1. A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

        Notes
        • Section 261: inserted, on , by section 32(12) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
        • Section 261(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
        • Section 261(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).