Moving a vehicle interstate

Nick,
I think you should show that rule to me from the WA transport website.

Besides the hire vehicles there would be a huge amount of trucks that fall into this category. Me thinks wires are a bit crossed here.

BTW. I think that the hire vehicle and truck thing probably does not apply. This may well all hang on the fact that the original owner has entered his side of the document. So of course a truck driver using somebody else's truck is not affected. There has been no transfer started.

Nick

BTW. I think that the hire vehicle and truck thing probably does not apply. This may well all hang on the fact that the original owner has entered his side of the document. So of course a truck driver using somebody else's truck is not affected. There has been no transfer started.

Nick

I was always on the understanding you had a period of time to reregister your vehicle,,,,, IE service personnel etc, if you were going to relocate permanently. otherwise the moment I drove my vehicles etc from one state to another would I be ILLEGALL>

dont think so

Nick - The relevant law in W.A. is under "Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act, 2012" - Part 4, Section 4, Sub-Section 5.

http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/FileStore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument:24372P/$FILE/Road%20Traffic%20(Vehicles)%20Act%202012%20-%20[00-b0-02].pdf?OpenElement

This subsection states that a driver does not commit a vehicle registration offence if the vehicle is "authorised under the Law of another jurisdiction" (i.e. another State), and the driver is ordinarily resident in that State.

However, a vehicle registration offence is committed if a driver is ordinarily resident in W.A., and drives a vehicle that is "authorised under the Law of another jurisdiction".

What you do, is you get a Temporary Movement Permit (TMP) from the Eastern State you have purchased in, to move the vehicle to W.A.
Once at the W.A. border, this Eastern States permit becomes invalid, and you need to acquire a W.A. TMP for onward movement in W.A.
I think you'll find the W.A. Police will allow you to drive to Eucla from the border to acquire a W.A. TMP.

You cannot register a vehicle in any State except the one your MDL is issued in.
If you go to VIC, NSW, or QLD with a W.A. MDL, and buy a vehicle/trailer/caravan, the authorities will refuse to register it in the State that you have purchased it in - even if you do give them a local address.

You have 30 days to re-register a registered Eastern States vehicle in W.A. if you move to W.A. to live.
You have to convert your MDL to a W.A. one within 30 days of moving here to live.

If you're normally resident in the Eastern States, you can drive around W.A. on an Eastern States rego as long as you like.

Your driver broke no law if his MDL was issued in QLD and your boat trailer was issued with a TMP from the NSW authorities.
He broke the law if he moved it without a TMP - because if the ownership of the boat trailer had been officially transferred, the rego became invalid.
The ownership transfer, in effect, is officially "stalled" until you re-register in your home state - whereby you must present fully-documented proof of purchase

Hire cars are different - the driver of the hire car can drive around any State in Australia with no restrictions, because they're a hirer, not an owner.

W.A. DOT TMP FAQ:

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/20779.asp

A W.A. TMP is recognised in the N.T. and S.A. - but not in any other State.
A Victorian, QLD., or NSW TMP is recognised in S.A., but not in W.A.

Hi All,
just to get my head around this issue, to say that I am travelling around Australia and I decide to up grade my caravan while in Victoria, do I only have a certain amount of time to come back to W.A and re register the van in my name in W.A even though it is registered in my name in Victoria, and that I can't keep going around Australia for the next twelve months. is this what you are all saying. If that is the case, there must be a lot of illegal vans being towed around Australia.

Lets get this straight.

The vehicle must be legally registered OR on a temporay regestration permit ( legally registered).....that is the first thing to understand.

The is absolutely no problem whatsoever driving a vehicle registered in someone else's name in a state in which you are not a resident.

The complication is the transfer of regestration.

How this is handled is the contencious issue.

The following is not legal advice and you should check this yourself.

If you have purchased a vehicle interstate and have all the paperwork including any transfer papers.....you have proof of ownership.....thus the vehicle is proven not stolen
BUT if the transfer papers have not been lodged, ( you get wot 7 or 14 days to lodge a transfer) the vehicle remains registered in the previous owner's name....the vehicle is legally registered and legally in your possession.

If the vehicle is purchased interstate and you have arranged for the regestration to be transfered and that is confirmed by the authority in your state.....the vehicle is yours and it is in your name......this may take time, but in some cases it can be done.
Plates and stickers can be obtained either in person or via the mail.

If the vehicle is no longer registered, and you have a temporay regestration either in your name in your state of regestration or in the previous owners name in their state of residence...the vehicle is still legally registered and you are legally in possession of it.

If however, the vehicle is not registered, due to not having been registered for some time, or the regestration being canceled..and you have not a temporay regestration .its not registered.

If the transfer has been lodged interstate....that may be a little complex...if however they allow you to lodge a transfer in the state of purchase, in your name and to your state of residence.....surely it should be all good except the plates don't match.
AHH......but will they allow you to do that...will they want the plates back at time of transfer....will they (all of em) accept that although the vehicle carries no plate or sticker that it is infact legally registered....HMMM good question.

There are other issues such as roadworthy documents and the like.....your road authority may accept an interstate road worthy on that states forms...OR...there my be a road worthy inspector in one state registered in the neibouring state or another state.....it is done.

Because all of this is done on paper, you do not have to have or necessarily present the vehicle in your state to lodge the paperwork.

So if the purchase is a done deal, and you have all the necessary, it would be reasonable to go to the other state..paperwork lodged, plate and maybe sticker in hand...and slap em on the vehicle that is registered in your name.

The people who can be in trouble are those who have not thaught about this and just hutch the thing up and two it home without thaught about how the legal, matters are to be dealt with.

cheers

Crikey, this did my head in (not that is hard mind you!)...

Not sure what is right, or wrong, but the main take-away for me was, don’t buy a vehicle in another State; leave that to someone else!

Good luck out there...

I have a WA drivers licence and have 2 vehicles registered in my name in SA.
My WA address is a PMB at Alice Springs but I also have an address in SA
I just spent a few weeks driving from SA to Brisbane with a WA registered ute towing a SA registered caravan and I had no interest from the police.

Dru

As Grumpy said above, it can be done. My last purchase was only 4 months ago, which I purchased a caravan in Victoria which is registered in Victoria yet my licence and residential address is interstate. It is not a problem and they send all the paperwork to my interstate address. The only condition is that any of the vehicles I have registered in Victoria are normally garaged in Victoria. I have had numerous vehicles registered interstate over the years, mainly Victoria.
Cheers Tony.