34Licensing of motor vehicle traders

34 Licensing of motor vehicle traders (1) The Registrar may grant a licence (a motor vehicle trader's licence) to any person bona fide engaged in manufacturing, dealing in or repairing motor vehicles, or in such other related pursuit as is approved by the Registrar, and having suitable premises for that person to use one or more number plates (trader's plates) in the circumstances specified in section 35. (2) The Registrar may, from time to time, renew a motor vehicle trader's licence granted to a person under subsection (1). (2A) A motor vehicle trader's licence must be: (a) in the approved form; and (b) for a renewal of the licence – endorsed with the word "Renewal". (3) Prior to the grant or renewal of a motor vehicle trader's licence such fees shall be payable by such person as are prescribed. (4) A motor vehicle trader's licence remains in force for the period (the licence period) mentioned in subsection (5) unless it is cancelled or suspended. (5) The licence period for a motor vehicle trader's licence is either: (a) 12 months; or (b) any shorter period decided by the Registrar under subsection (7). Motor Vehicles Act 1949 54 (6) For subsections (4) and (5), the licence period for a motor vehicle trader's licence commences on: (a) if the licence is granted to the person under subsection (1) – the day on which the motor vehicle trader's licence is granted; or (b) if the renewal of the person's licence is granted under subsection (2) on or before the date on which the previous licence period of the person's licence expires – the day immediately after the date on which the previous licence period expired; or (c) if the renewal of the person's licence is granted under subsection (2) after the date on which the previous licence period of the person's licence expires – the day on which the renewal of the licence is granted. (7) The Registrar may grant a motor vehicle trader's licence to a person, or renew a person's motor vehicle trader's licence, for a licence period that is shorter than 12 months. (8) The Registrar may grant or renew a motor vehicle trader's licence for a shorter period under subsection (7) on the application of the person or on the Registrar's own initiative. (9) If the Registrar decides to grant or renew a motor vehicle trader's licence for a shorter period, the amount of the fee required to be paid under subsection (3) is to be calculated as a pro rata amount of the prescribed fee payable in respect of a 12-month licence period.