Which state to register in?!?

Thanks for the heads up, I am currently residing in WA but vehicle is rego'd in NSW.
Think I'll probably go with WA now.

Hi Charlie,
my Licence was issued in SA, car rego'd in NSW and currently living in WA... thanks for the help, appreciate it.

Rust

not an issue - I held a wa and an sa license for years and lived in WA with an sa registered vehicle

Has been a bone of contention before and this is the QLD reg

This was the answer in regard to a guy who was driving a car registered in his fathers name in NSW but was living in QLD and using the vehicle permanently


Queensland, the registered operator of a vehicle does not indicate that this is the legal owner of the vehicle.

The Transport Operations (Road Use Management - Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999, recognises visiting interstate registered vehicles. Temporary visitors from interstate who do not have a permanent address in Queensland are not required to register their vehicles in Queensland. However, once a vehicle is garaged permanently in Queensland, it must be registered within 14 days. Accordingly, if the vehicle you have mentioned is permanently garaged in Queensland, not New South Wales, the registered operator is committing an offence if he/she does not register the vehicle in Queensland.

Department of Transport and Main Roads has a policy in place which enables a person to report vehicles that are detected of being permanently garaged in Queensland with interstate number plates attached. Reports will be accepted, provided people offer their name, address and telephone contact and supply specific details of the vehicle being reported. The information required includes registration number, make, model and colour of the vehicle, location date and time of sighting. All complaints should be in writing to the Senior Transport Inspector, of the department's regional office where the vehicle was sighted. Any case of interstate vehicles operating in Queensland for prolonged periods will be investigated and appropriate action taken.


In Queensland, Department of Transport and Main Roads act as a collection agent for the relevant CTP insurers. For further information on the CTP your questions should be directed to the Motor Accident Insurance Commission, GPO Box 1083, Brisbane Qld 4001, or by visiting their web site www.maic.qld.gov.au.

I trust this information will be of assistance.

Forgot to say that part of the reason was that the vehicle had been modified and wouldnt have passed inspection in QLD

Thats what I thought. I'll pass that on. I think their tow vehicle is registered in Qld. Does your post apply to towed vehicles too?

Presumably it applies to all registered vehicles as I would think it should.

It says its the garaged address of whatever so if your van lives in QLD its garaged there.

Dont know why you would register it in VIC anyway Mine was only $180 in QLD.


Did it the day I got back to live here again Van was originally reg in WA.

We recently had issue with the Qld rego mob.We are nsw residents and nsw drivers licensed but wanted to move a nsw rego rav4 to qld and swap the rego to that state which we where intending to garage at mother inlaw house so that when we fly into sunny coast[often monthly/fortnightly] we had a car to run around in.The qld rta would not let us do this as we did not have either a local license or reside at the address, so at this moment car in qld with nsw rego. We got stupid govts that are not commited to aged and disability so we have to do it from interstate and stupid govts that can't arrange some form of national licensing and rego systems,