NSW Rego in Perth

Rob, we do have some annual inspections in W.A. - but only for certain classes of vehicles - buses, taxis, small charter vehicles, and driving instruction vehicles.

There are also some specialised vehicles that require annual inspection.

These would be items such as oversize road-going cranes and a few other out-of-the-ordinary vehicles that are deemed to require regular inspection because they pose a major threat to safety if allowed to fall behind in safety compliance.

If you own one of these vehicles, you get an annual letter from DOT W.A. with every rego renewal, telling you to present the vehicle for inspection before rego will be renewed.

Cheers, Ron.

I would think Rob would be aware that there are many other classes of vehicles that require annual inspections, but he was addressing the question that was asked by the OP.

Brett....

Yes Ron N I am aware we have some inspections for specialised vehicles in W A. I owned taxi's in Perth for 22years but private vehicles don't have to be inspected yearly.
Now I am over 65 I have to have an annual inspection [medical] at the Doctor's to retain my taxi and coach licence.
I am with the others, don't nationalise anything, we won't have anything to argue about then. Happy Travels from Airlie Beach.

Yes you can get an inspection done at any authorised inspection station in any state of Aus plus a few additional places.

Quote from (RMS) RTA

"Customers who are travelling in another state, except the ACT, can obtain an inspection report from:

the registering authority in the state or territory (eg Vicroads)
an agent that the interstate authority has approved
a recognised motor industry body that is a member of the Australian Automobile Association (ie RACV, RACWA, RACQ, RAA South Australia).

In all these cases the inspecting agent must be at least 50km from the NSW border."

You may also find that you have to back in NSW by a curtain time limit.

I've been through this.

It's as Notso posted, BUT because the authorised interstate inspector will not be on the NSW electronic system you will be given a certificate or report which will then have to be mailed to RMS in NSW.

If you have your rego papers with you, take a copy for yourself and mail the report and your rego and give them a return mail address. Or if your papers are at home, send the report to someone who can access your papers and have them do the renewal for you.

This is what I was told. You should probably talk to RMS to confirm.

Cheers

HELL NO be carefull what you wish for
as a west australian I have NO desire for the expensive multi tiered over buerucratic mega expensive regime of NSW
registration, seperate 3rd party , anual inspections
national system ----- NO THANKS!

Wow you could be on to something there Bigfish. Wouldn't it be just great. Try buying a vehicle from over east and bring it back to Perth. What a joke the rules here are.

Also annual inspections would get a few bombs off the road.

wizzer

Wizzer,
Annual inspections do absolutely nothing for road safety.

RACWA and others have researched the benefits of annual inspections and come up with a negative benefit.

In other words, the cost of annual inspections does bugga all in lowering accident, injury and death rates.

The only benefit is that the Govt makes lots of money and the inspecting facility also makes a little bit for doing the inspection.

There has also been a fair bit of recorded shonky business by the inspecting business's ("your vehicle needs a, b, c, and d done before it is roadworthy, we can do it straight away") when in fact the vehicle is completely roadworthy as is.

If it increases the cost to motorists but does not have any benefit other than filling the Govt coffers, why should WA take it up?

Disco.

New Zealand has a Warrant of fitness system that works very well. Was all nationalised on a database about 1995.

Prior to that you could go to an "approved" examiner for a check and if he was picky and you got turned down you could go to another one and get passed. was shonky in those days.

Now its all entered in the system when you go in and if you fail everyone knows, so you have to get it fixed.

Has taken all the rubbish off the road like Falcons with stuffed ball joints and Minis and1100's with stuffed CVJ's. Commodores with rusted out door frames etc.

Unlike QLD where there are cars running around I wouldnt drive in a paddock because they never go near a mechanic for years. To say it doesnt work is rubbish as you dont have to get the work done then. You normally have a few days to get it done and re-present the vehicle.
Always a few who try to con you.
It does pay to check your vehicle before taking it for a test to stop that sort of thing.

Well, we do have totally-nationalised road rules and signage, and a very large % of State traffic laws are quite similar.
Interstate-hauling trucks have a federal registration system (FIRS), and have had one since 1987.

However, MDL's are still subject to your "normal place of residence" and State jurisdictions.
But if you lose points, or your licence in one State - you lose points and your licence in every State - so there's already a large degree of information sharing and regulation there.

If your rego lapses in one State, police in States have access to all other State rego records, so you will be pulled up and charged for having no rego in any State.

Having said that - in the NT and outback W.A., it appears rego is optional, particularly if you're a member of one of the indigenous tribes.
I was reading where the NT authorities have determined that 38% of the vehicles in the Alice Springs region are unregistered!
I drove around Warburton a couple of weeks ago and I reckon the number of unregistered cars was more like 50%! They didn't even bother with number plates half the time!

The principle of annual inspections is good in theory - but in practice it falls down badly.
I've bought registered vehicles with pink slips in Eastern States, that wouldn't pass muster in any State inspection.

W.A. has never had annual inspections, and the police claim the amount of unroadworthy vehicles involved in crashes is below 1%.
They claim that spot inspections on a random basis on the roads are a far better method of checking on roadworthiness.

If the annual inspection regime was crucial - then theoretically, W.A. would have a road toll that was far higher than any of the Eastern States.
As it stands, there's little difference between the road toll in W.A. and the other States over an extended period.
The road toll has spikes and lows over short periods, but over a average of, say 5 years, there's no perceptible difference between the States road tolls, measured as deaths per 100,000 people.

Cheers, Ron.

Hi Ron.

Just for the record, it did not take the inspector from WA or NSW more than 20 minutes to do the inspection and paper work.

I cant say any one does a full comprehensive inspection other than lights, brakes, tires, wheel bearings and a visual under body.

In NSW in April I paid $ 25.00 to get the pink slip for the car.

Cheers.

Robert