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Donor Of Number Plates

A

registration

must be held on a certificate (of entitlement or retention) or on a

vehicle

. When involved in a

vehicle to vehicle transfer

or a

vehicle to retention certificate transfer

, the vehicle from which the

registration mark

is coming is known as the

"donor" vehicle

. If the transfer is from the

donor vehicle to another vehicle

, that other vehicle is known as the

"receiving" vehicle

and the parties to the transaction and known as the "donor" and "recipient" respectively.

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