Hi,
I was thinking about how it would work if I were to buy a car from say NSW/VIC with 6 months left on its respective state registration and drive to to ACT. I know the actual law requires you to have to registered under that state but is that practically enforced or am I able to drive it in ACT for the remaining 6 months. What happens to people on holidays who drive inter-state?
Thank you !
any idea for good excuses if such a thing happened? hahah
I lived in Sydney for 9 months and never transferred my SA registration. Was stopped by police twice, no problems.
If you purchase a car and reside in the act, you have 2 weeks to register it otherwise you will have yo pay a late fee of $100. Also remember you will need an identity check completed and possibly a vehicle inspection depending on age of vehicle.
It's fine if you want to pay the late fee and drive around for 6 months on the nsw rego.
A late fee for what?
2 weeks from what event?
Genuinely curious.
In VIC, if you buy a car from interstate, you have to register it as if it is a unregistered vehicle, so no such thing as being 'late'.
2weeks from date of purchase, late fee is to encourage people to register it sooner
You have been driving for 9 months with fraudulently obtained insurance.
Insurance companys will always take your money, but when you try and make a claim, thats when they launch an investigation.
That way, they get your payments, n right when you need them, they find out you have been lying, keep your money n cancel your insurance policy.
In my experience when changing a car across to your state, all the old state rego is forfeited and you trade the plates in etc. Don't bother with the transfer, just drive it round till the rego runs out and start fresh with your state
Why bother doing this? The risk versus the reward is high as others have mentioned with insurance validity - most have a clause like
you need to be honest and tell us anything that you or a reasonable person in your circumstances would be expected to know when answering questions we asked you.
Many years back people did this to avoid parking fines etc, but now all the states databases are linked so fines are linked.
Now if you get a fine and it's posted to the address on the registration (I have assumed you did transfer this when you buy the car) and you dont pay then the fine increases etc
If you dont transfer the rego, and the old owner notifies the motor dept, then your car isnt registered and you couldn't insure it either,
So the way around this is to transfer to an address where you are not living (eg Vic or NSW) and how do you do that. Friends? Relatives? you dont tell us that important detail.
Unless you have a sideline in say white powders your benefits are going to be very small and the benefits small.
Agreed. and it's easily traceable..
They know when you purchased the vehicle, so when you go to change the registration, the first thing you'll be asked is can you prove that the car has only recently been transferred to ACT?
Ring your insurance, most these days are happy as long as it has Australian rego (but definitely ring and check). Some you can even add your own specific clause (ie, I'm an interstate mining worker and will be driving a NSW registered car in both the ACT and NSW). Basically call and get a receipt # and you will be fine, don't and you will most likely get burnt.
Also, do you know anyone who lives in NSW /VIC? If so, if they are happy for you to put their address as the garaging address and put your mailing address as your address in ACT you are sorted. I'm in this situation for a boat. I live in one state, but leave it at a family shack in another state. They make ask for the interstate person to sign a declaration acknowledging the garaging and I had to submit the app in person in the respective state. So sort it out before leaving the state…and again, remember to let your insurance know.
you have to have it registered where you reside. When you go on holidays you don't reside there, so you can drive with no issues.
You license will be from ACT, and your car will have NSW rego. It will raise a few eyebrows if you get pulled over