Trade Plate Application - RTA

Trade Plate Application
CUSTOMER INFORMATION
with this application you must provide:
A copy of your MVRL or Dealer's Licence, if applicable;
A copy or extract of your Certificate of Business Registration or Company Name, ABN Certificate; and
RMS Office Use
Attachments
If you are applying for your first or an additional trade plate, you will need to attach a letter describing your business activities and
reasons why you require a new/additional trade plate.
This application will need to be taken (not mailed) to our Registry so that your Proof of Identity can be provided. If your company is not
already established in Roads and Maritime Services' (RMS) computer system, this will also need to be completed when you visit the
Registry to lodge this form.
Please read section B: Trade Plate Conditions of Use and Declaration before signing this form.
For further enquiries contact our Contact Centre on 13 22 13. Internet: www.rms.nsw.gov.au
1.
Customer details
Name and Position of applicant (must be Proprietor CEO,
Senior Manager or equivalent)
4.
Industry licence details
MVRL or Dealer's licence
number (if applicable)
Expiry date
/ /
day month year
Business name
5.
Nominate a Registry at which the trade plate will be
collected.
ACN or ARBN (if applicable)
ABN (mandatory)
Business address (i.e. where the trade plate and trade plate
record of use will be kept)
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9.
What are you applying for?
New trade plate Go to 7
Additional trade plate Go to 11
Replacement trade plate Go to 16
Plate type required
NEW
Motorcycle Trailer Vehicle
How many plates are you applying for?
How often will the trade plate(s) be used?
(e.g. once a week, daily)
Postal address
Phone number
Mobile number
Email address
Fax number
STOP - Your application will not be accepted
without the following information!
10. Please attach a detailed description of your business
activities and reasons why you require a trade plate(s).
Description is to be written on a company letterhead.
ADDITIONAL
11. Please attach a detailed description of your business
activities and reasons why your require an additional
trade plate(s).
12. Please also attach copies of your last three month's log
sheets for your existing trade plates to support your
application. (Your application will not be accepted without
these two attachments)
2.
What type of business are you?
Manufacturer Dealership Repairer
13. Please list what current trade plate registrations you
hold?
Other:
3. Where will the plates be stored when not in use?
(i.e. safe, filing cabinet)
Catalogue No. 45070540, Form No. 1100 (07/2013) ABN 76 236 371 088
14. Additonal plate type required:
Motorcycle Trailer Vehicle
15. How many plates are you applying for?
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REPLACEMENT
16. Trade plate to be replaced
17. I am applying for a replacement trade plate because my
current plate is:
Damaged Lost Stolen
18. Police event number
19. Please attach copies of your last three months trade
plates journey logs sheets (your application for a replacement
will not be accepted without an event number and copies of your log
sheets)
To be completed by Registry
Incomplete forms will be returned to the registry.
Registry location
Applicant's customer number
POI presented and verified
Primary Proof
20.
Customer Checklist - (CSO to verify)
Have you included:
A copy of your MVRL or Dealers licence;
a copy, or extract of your Certificate of Business
Registration or Company Name, ABN certificate;
a nominated registry to pick up the approved trade plate
from;
advice on storage facilities, e.g. locked filling cabinet
all applicants for new/additional trade plates must include
with their application a detailed description of their
business activities and reasons why they require a new/
additional trade plate;
in the case of additional trade plate requests, the last 3
months trade plate Record of Use sheets for each plate
(attach to the form) & a list of trade plates you currently
hold (completed on the form)
in the case of a replacement trade plate, a Police event
number and copies of the last 3 months trade plate
Records of Use sheets must be provided with your
application.
if your business is not already recorded on RMS' computer
system, you must attend the motor registry in person and
provide Proof of Identity.
Document number
Incorporated organisation
ACN or ABN verified from (specify document)
Other (secondary) documents
Document(s) provided
Document reference number(s)
Expiry date(s)
Customer checklist completed
Yes
No
CSO name
21. Customer Declaration and Privacy Statement
Please read carefully before you sign.
If you do not tell the truth you can be prosecuted.
Your Personal Information including any image is collected and held
by Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 101 Miller Street, North
Sydney NSW 2060.
I understand that my "personal information" is being collected for
registration purposes. I must supply the information under the Road
Transport Act 2013. Failure to supply full details and sign/confirm
this declaration can result in the transaction not proceeding.
Your "personal information" held by RMS may be disclosed inside
and outside NSW to driver licensing and vehicle registration
agencies, law enforcement agencies, the Australian Electoral
Commission, providers of compulsory third party (bodily injury)
insurance, proposed acquirers of vehicles, solicitors in regard to
motor vehicle accidents, and to verify the contents of this
application, for the administration of driver licensing and vehicle
registration legislation and law enforcement, and for the purpose of
the protection of public revenue, road safety, compulsory third party
(bodily injury) Insurance, and inquiries relating to motor accidents or
abandoned vehicles or which would be relevant to any acquisition
of the vehicle. You have a right to access or correct your "personal
information" in accordance with the provisions of the relevant
privacy legislation.
I acknowledge that I understand and agree to the Trade Plate
Conditions of Use.
I declare that the details in this application are true and complete.
Signature
CSO signature
CSO staff number
CSOs to copy and attach photocopied documents as listed
in checklist and forward to the Trade Plate Unit.
Trade Plate Unit use only:
Application approved
Manager's signature
Application declined
(If declined, give reasons)
Date
/ /
day month year
Catalogue No. 45070540, Form No. 1100 (07/2013) ABN 76 236 371 088
Date
/ /
day month year
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Section B - Trade Plate Conditions of Use
Keeps this page for your records, submit pages 1 and 2 only
NOTE:
Trade plates may only be used on unregistered registrable vehicles that are in a safe operating condition. Vehicles that have not been certified
as complying with the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007 are not eligible to be operated under the Trade Plate Scheme as
they are not registrable vehicles.
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An unregistered registrable vehicle using a trade plate may only
be driven by the:
Trader, or
Trader's authorised employee or agent, or
Prospective purchaser of an unregistered registrable vehicle,
who has been provided with, and is in possession of written
authorisation by the trader for the purpose of test driving that
vehicle.
Unregistered registrable vehicles with a trade plate attached
may only be used on roads and road-related areas:
For a purpose connected with a vehicle's manufacture or repair,
or dealing in the vehicle, or
for a purpose connected with a service provided in relation to
unregistered registrable vehicles that is incidental to the
manufacture or repair of, or dealing in those vehicles, being a
service that Roads and Maritime Services is satisfied requires
the use of trade plates, or,
To travel to the nearest convenient Motor Registry for
registration by the most direct or convenient route, or
To deliver the vehicle to the address of a person who has
acquired the vehicle from the trader, or
For a test drive by a prospective purchaser who is in
possession of a written authorisation to drive the vehicle, issued
by the trader to whom the plate has been issued.
Vehicles with a trade plate attached may not be used to carry
any load unless the vehicle:
Is carrying a load solely to demonstrate to a prospective
purchaser its capacity to carry a load; or
Is carrying another motor vehicle from its place of manufacture,
repair or purchase and is being driven by the shortest practical
route to the dealer's premises for resale; or:
The vehicle is a trailer specially constructed for the carriage of a
boat and the loading consists solely of a boat; or
Weighs 2 tonnes or less unladen and is being driven:
by the shortest practicable route to the premises of the trader
from the place at which the trader has manufactured or
purchased the vehicle and the loading consists solely of
goods that are intended for the trader's personal use on his or
her business as a trader; or
solely for carrying spare parts from a railway station or airport
to the trader's premises for purposes of repairing vehicles.
Display of Trade Plates
Motor vehicles and trailers must display a trade plate at the rear
of the vehicle in the space generally provided for a rear number
plate.
On an unregistered registrable heavy vehicle combination (truck
and trailer), a "vehicle" trade plate must be displayed on the
front of the hauling unit and a "trailer" trade plate on the rear of
the trailer.
If a trade plate is used on an unregistered registrable motor
vehicle that still has number plates attached, the trade plate
should be placed over the rear registration number plate.
Record of Use
In respect of each occasion on which a registrable vehicle is
driven on a road or road related area with the plate affixed, -
cause particulars to be entered in ink on a record in a form
approved by Roads and Maritime Services.
b. The trader is to keep the records at the premises in which the
person carries on the business in respect of which the trade
plate was issued for at least 6 months after the record was
made.
c. The trader is to produce any such record for the preceding 6
months for inspection when required to do so by Roads and
Maritime Services or any Police Officer.
Catalogue No. 45070540, Form No. 1100 (07/2013) ABN 76 236 371 088
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General
The most direct route must be used in all circumstances, except
for demonstration purposes by potential purchasers.
Trade plates, except trailer trade plates, must have Compulsory
Third Party Insurance cover.
Trade plates cannot be loaned to other persons or
organisations. Any unauthorised use may result in a fine and
cancellation of the plate(s).
Trade plates must be stored securely. Lost, stolen or damaged
trade plates must be reported to Roads and Maritime Services
within 7 days of becoming aware of the event. A replacement
fee applies.
Trade plates are not transferable. If the business to which a
trade plate is issued, is sold, disposed of, or cease(s) to
operate, all trade plates registered to the business must be
returned to Roads and Maritime Services within 7 days of the
disposal or closure of the business.
The use of a vehicle with a NSW trade plate is valid in all other
Australian states and territories, provided it is being used in
accordance with these conditions.
Trade plates remain the property of Roads and Maritime
Services at all times.
Trade plates must not be used for any purpose not reasonably
connected with normal business operations and not permissible
under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation
2007.
Over-dimensional and Over-mass Vehicles Types
Under the Road Transport (Mass Loading and Access)
Regulation 2005, vehicles bound by class 1 category as
oversize, are restricted by time, date and route restrictions.
Access to the road network for these vehicles is not available
unless approval has been received from Roads and Maritime
Services demonstrating that the vehicle is fit for travel and has
been assigned designated road access.
In terms of a trade plate, vehicles that require the issue of an
over dimensional or overmass permit are not eligible to be
operated under the Trade Plate Scheme.
Any need to move these vehicles on the road network prior to
the necessary approvals being obtained will require them to be
moved by alternative means, eg “float from site to site”.
Plant Type Vehicles and Trade Plates
Trade plates cannot be used on any vehicle category that would
normally attract the registration condition of "float from site to
site" as prescribed by the Conditional Registration Guide.
These vehicles are ineligible to operate on roads or roadrelated
areas under the Trade Plate Scheme.
Cab Chassis
Trade plates are only to be used on cab chassis vehicles
providing;
A proper seating position, seat belt and mandatory driver
controls (i.e. speedometer brake controls, gauges and warning
systems, etc) are provided for the driver,
Rear vision mirrors are fitted,
The steering and braking system provides the driver with full
and proper control of the vehicle,
Mudguards / mudflaps / wheel covers are fitted,
Front / rear turn signals and brake lights fitted,
The vehicle is operated under "daylight use" only, and
The vehicle does not carry any passengers or load.
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