You may need these plates if you intend to carry on a business of:
- manufacturing vessels
- buying or selling new or used vessels
- repairing vessels
- buying or selling trade articles used on vessels.
You may apply for Dealer's Plates for the transfer, manufacture, alteration, repair, testing, sale or demonstration of a vessel. The plates, when attached to a vessel, allow you to use it in navigable waters without it being otherwise registered.