Just out of interest, do depots have 'trade plates'?
I can see no reason for them, other than to collect vehicles that are not currently 'taxed'.
In this instance, new vehicles were delivered by the manufacturer with new registrations that could only be used after 1st September, so that ferrying the vehicles from their delivery point by operator staff was 'difficult' - if not impossible (without trade plates).
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