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Legalities of Interstate cars , Advise reqd
swish1 - June 19th, 2011 at 08:55 PM

I live in Perth and am thinking of buying a car in Vic to take to Tassie to drive there while I am on 3mths holiday ,any idea of the legallaties of this, any hints on insurance .

donn - June 19th, 2011 at 09:08 PM

If you are the legal owner of an Australian legaly registered vehicle I would think you can drive it anywhere you wish in Australia, I have never even thought to check with my insurance company about where I drive it, why would they care (except if you were competing in some type of motor sport or off road driving).

waveman1500 - June 19th, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Well, it would all depend on how the rego is transferred when you buy the car. There is absolutely nothing wrong with driving a Victorian-registered car in Tasmania, or any other state of Australia. The problem would be whether you can register your car in a state which you do not live in. When you buy the car and have the rego put into your name, you need to give an address. The only question which you need to answer is this: If the address which you give is in WA, can you transfer the remaining Victorian rego to your name? I would think that it should be okay, but double check with the VicRoads.

If you are not allowed to transfer Victorian rego to your Perth address, then the car would need to be taken back to WA for a roadworthy inspection and then registered in WA before you can go travelling to Tasmania.

swish1 - June 20th, 2011 at 09:32 AM

Thats exactly the problem I have [ you put it better than me ] I will call Vicroads and enquire , If I can find a car with 12mth rego that would be easier , It will be to costly to bring a car to Wa then truck it back to Tassis .

annosL - June 20th, 2011 at 10:44 AM

I think there is a period of grace to change over so it might be long enough to get your holiday in

blutopless2 - June 20th, 2011 at 01:29 PM

This is straight off the WA registration website......
"When purchasing a licensed vehicle you must complete the vehicle licence transfer form with the seller and submit the 'purchaser's copy' within 14 days of purchasing the vehicle. Failing to do so may result in a penalty. Failure to pay the vehicle licence duty and transfer fee within 28 days of the invoice being issued will result in an infringement."