Where to register vehicle ??

Registration is required to be in the State in which you either live in or are registered as a resident of that State.

An example of not doing this is from I fellow I know personally. He had been living and working at Mount Isa but relocated to a large NSW town still working for the same company. He visited me and on his way home he rolled his F150. It was registered in Qld and he had been living in the large town for several months at his new permanent address. He was charged with driving an unregistered vehicle as he was a NSW resident with NSW drivers licence and as a result his insurance was voided as the vehicle was unregistered.

NSW Police regularly charge hoons/idiots on the QLD/NSW border with unregistered uninsured vehicle when the hoon shows a licence in NSW and owns Qld registered car. That is not heresay as it came from the Highway Patrol supervisor in Tweed Heads.

It all comes down to your residential or registered address.

DW

Brian
Whilst the Australian Constitution guarantees freedom of movement throughout the Commonwealth for any legally licensed motor vehicle and its driver that licence is only legal if it is issued in the state in which the driver USUALLY resides (and in the case of members of the armed forces that is deemed to be the state in which he/she enlisted, regardless of the length of time they have resided in a particular location)

The registration requirements also include the place where the vehicle is usually garaged. Hence you can hold a NSW drivers licence and be driving a Qld registered vehicle quite legally, as it is the responsibility of the intercepting officer to prove ''beyond all reasonable doubt' that the vehicle is not in fact USUALLY garaged in Qld. This all depends on the answers given at the time of the interception or interview.

It is not unusual for persons who normally reside in Victoria to holiday for 5 months in Queensland to have vehicles in both locations with one registered in each state, and they can legally relocate either of these vehicles and still be legally registered (working on the usually garaged provision)

As for those on extended touring holidays your home state is usually taken as the place where you are on the Electoral Roles.

In Qld, at least, before you can be breached for driving an uninsured vehicle (CTP) the officer must be able to prove that you DID NOT HAVE an honest belief that the vehicle was covered by any CTP insurance - anywhere.

Hope this helps and enjoy your travels.
Athol

For travellers, SA is a great place to register your vehicle.

There are no annual inspections, no windscreen stickers (under 4.5T GVM) and you can re-register on line from anywhere at any time.
You can also pay monthly by DD if you wish, or let the rego expire for a month or a year and simply re register on line at any time when you wish to drive it again.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

You want save any money rego it in nsw.
Pretty sure they have the most expensive rego.
Then you need to chase around getting your own 3rd party insurance and also it has to go over the pits yearly at your expense

Be a lot easier if that was a national registration, similar to heavy vehicles, for those who travel x amount of time a year.

it is possible to live in one state and have a vehicle registered in another
I do it but had to jump a few hurdles
I currently reside in ACT (have done since 1973)and own a home., have severall vehicles registered there and am on the electoral role there
My last 3 4wds have all been purchased in NSW and have been registered( for private use) at the farm address in NSW where since retiring I tend to spend about 3 days a week when not travelling.
To get the vehicle registered in NSW without holding a NSW licence I had to eastablish an address .quite easy since I maintain a house on the property and presented rates notices.along with other 100 point photographic ID crap like passport ( even with canberra adress) etc.
I now have a nsw RTA "customer number" in lieu of a nsw licence number. There a a few restrictions on what i can do online as their computer system is still primarily based on nsw licence number.

I also couldnt purchase some of the cheaper green slips because the companies insisted on nsw licence .
I think the whole thing is if you legitimately hold property or reside in several states it is your perogerative where you enrol for elections, register vehicles, hold mv licence etc.
regards
Howard

If you want definitive "legal requirements" why not get legal advice or at least start with your State registration authority.
Every time this subject comes up here it starts a bunfight!