Renewing a NSW Rego in WA. Obtaining a pink slip? advice

Have you tried picking up the phone? I'm sure the RTA have a phone number or two you can try.

Hi Doey

Contact NSW licensing authority, and ask which inspectors in WA that they authorise to do this inspection for you. If they don't answer your email promptly, telephone them.

Motherhen

Doey,
I am here in WA but one of my daughters lived in NSW for about 5 years and I know in NSW you have to have a car inspected every 12 months I think after a certain age. I assume that is what you mean by "pink slip". As we don't have that system here in WA (well not yet anyway) all you have to do is present yourself and your vehicle to a licencing center where they inspect it and give you a WA rego if that is what you are after. I may be wrong but I have never heard of anyone being authorised to carry out that inspection here other than the licencing centres and then only for WA rego.

ob

Doey
WA has inspection centres which will inspect your vehicle and issue a certificate of roadworthiness. The RTA in NSW will accept that in lieu of their pink slip. I had mine done a few years ago in Karratha. I think the cost then was $50 and the inspector refused to accept anything but cash!!!

teege

I have just had my rego transferred from NSW to NT and what a hassle.
My daughter lives in NT and I have just moved to Asia but kept the car. In the end I had to transfer the car to my daughter name to get it registered in NT.
Dont know if WA is the same but if the vehicle is in NT for 3 months it needs to be registered in NT or the classify it as unregisterd and uninsured and if you are not resident in NT you cant register it!! Go figure.
Dont know why these things have to be so difficult, if a vehicle is road worthy its road worth so why should not you be able to get a licenced mechanic in WA to issue a certificate for any other state after all it is still only one country!!
Hope it works out for you with a lot less hassle than I had. Cost me $2600 in the end.

Doey,
As has been said RTA will accept a roadworthy certificate from a reputable testing station. Friends of ours did this whilst we were in in Russia and the RTA accepted the Russian certificate to reregister the vehicle.
cheers

"One Country" is it?

Hey Doey,
From the other side of the fence and a different state but i assume same rule applies.
I have a licensed RW inspection centre in victoria and have issued RWC for interstate travellers form NSW for the purpose of re-newing rego.

Having spent time in NSW i think most other states have a far more stringent inspection requirements and therefor NSW will recognise them.

DAN

For those who are interested and for even for those who arent. I got a reply from the RTA today. as follows:

Dear Customer

Thank you for your email.

To renew your NSW registration while interstate you will need to post the following documents: -

Registration Renewal Papers
Inspection Report (if required)
Green Slip
Cheque or credit card details for the amount of the renewal.

For the RTA to accept an interstate inspection report you must be more than 50km away from the NSW border. The report must be from an approved inspection station through the Interstate Transport Authority.

Please post the documents to: -

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
PO BOX 21
PARKES 2870

Please note that the paid renewal document will be forwarded to your address that is recorded on the RTA system, so you may need to arrange for someone to forward them back to you.

For further information please contact the RTA Contact Centre on 132 213 to discuss with a Contact Centre Services Officer.

Regards
Col

it doesnt leave me much time, but thats my own fault. I will when i get a chance call them to see if i could fax the inspection report and pay over the phone. it may be a little quicker that way. but im glad to know they will accept one from WA.

Thank you for all those who helped.

cheers.