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Glossary

Tare Weight

The unladen weight of a vehicle (usually indicated in kilograms).

Trade Plates

Trade plates come in 2 Styles:

  • T1 for use on motorcycles, trailers, towed caravans
  • T2 for use on cars, trucks, tractors.

Trade plates are issued to motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers and assemblers for use on unregistered vehicles.

Trade plates are registered to the user, not the vehicle. For this reason, it is not possible to obtain vehicle details by querying a trade plate because no vehicle details are recorded against a trade plate.

Trading as

Name of the business, or trade name, of a vehicle owner, when the vehicle owner has requested that this information be shown on motor vehicle registration forms and other documents generated from the Motor Vehicle Register. Trading names are generally not regarded as “legal” names, and therefore cannot be used in the event of a traffic inquiry.