Caravan licencing

Duane,

You will need to organize a inspection at a licensed vehicle tester. Similar to a RWC in vic. Once you have the inspection signed off, take it down to licensing, pay the money they ask, put the new plates on and send the old ones back to vic.

Matt

Duane A

Google and the RTA is WA are your friend. or even a phone call !

Click here WA Gov - registration fees

Duane
When I bought my last van, a Supreme, it was newly registered in Victoria, and I drove over to pick it up from the factory in Melbourne.
They posted all the rego documents to my WA address the following year and even the new rego sticker, all I had to do was Bpay it to be legal.

You can change over to WA rego by having the inspection and paying the fee's etc. but why bother for a caravan?
I traded the van with still with the Vic. rego 18 months later.

Both rego's have 3rd party insurance and it is legal as I checked up on it.

My new van is WA registered and costs $115 here, the equivalent Vic cost is $35!

When I purchased my new van from a Melbourne Manufacturer it was supplied to me with a"Victorian Unregistered Vehicle Permit".

This allowed me to tow the vehicle back to Sydney by the shortest practical route.

There are no number/license plates involved.

On arrival in your home state just go through the normal process to register.

Ian

Duane
For interstate change over you go direct to the Department for Planning and Infrastructure ( Department of Transport is the Western Australian State Department which leads creative solutions for transport )Inspection station, not to an Authorised inspection station (unless things have changed since 2006)
You do not send the Vic plates back, they do,
RTA is NSW, not WA

Bringing an interstate vehicle to Western Australia

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Thanks alot guys for the info
Just got to get over there in Feb and pick her up.

I traded a QLD registered caravan in Geraldton on Sept 2nd.

Heres what I did.

Took plates in to the place with the pompous name and handed them in and got a receipt.

Sent that back to QLD and got 10 months refund.

Registered the van in my name in WA NO INSPECTION NEEDED.

was told by assistant to use van park as address.

Went up to dealers and signed the transfer papers and all over red rover.

Registered the new van in my name and at the van park as I will be back in

QLD within 12 months so can transfer it over then.

Could have sold it unregistered but then it would have had to have an inspection

So did the above as this served two purposes

A it meant the dealer didnt have to take it for inspection to reregister it.

B It meant than any discrepancies (if any) would not be my responsibility later.

Dealer was happy He suggested it

Cost

It cost $135 roughly to register the new one for 12 months (paid for by dealer)

and I put 6 months on the old one ( $85) Got $120 back from QLD

Would make sense to register it in VIC and then do what I did.

Saves the inspection cost of $85 and getting measured.

Also will get a refund from VIC of balance of paid fees

See the prev thread on here about these sort of problems


Cheers