Vehicle Registration Rebates & Exemptions

Concessions

Concessions are applied to the client. To be eligible for a concession a person must be in receipt of a pension or allowance issued under the Social Service Act 1991 (i.e. Centrelink) or Veteran Entitlement Act 1981 (DVA) and hold a pensioner concession or health care card. Transport Access Scheme (TAS) members are also entitled to a concession for more information see Rebates and Concessions (DIER website).

A concession is only available to one vehicle in each particular class registered in the person's name (i.e one car, one motorcycle, one caravan or one trailer).

The client selects which vehicle the concession is to be applied to and until this vehicle is renewed or disposed of the concession cannot be transferred to another vehicle.

Rebate Amounts

To be applied to one vehicle type per pensioner or Health Care Card Holder i.e. one car, one trailer, one motorcycle and one caravan

Eligible clients receive a rebate on MAIB 1 and 2 class vehicles. The rebate is currently:

$69.00 rebate on MAIB premium

Rebates for all pensioners and Health Care Card Holders defined above under the Social Security Act 1991 & Veterans' Entitlements Act 1981

$35.80 rebate on registration fee and Fire Levy
$10.00 rebate on the Road Safety Levy

NOTE: A rebate on the registration fee is also applicable on other classes of vehicles such as trailers, caravans and motorcycles but a Fire Levy may not be included. For more information refer to the specific shcpter in the schedule.

Goods Carrying Vehicles only

40% motor tax rebate for pensioners and Health Care Card Holders registering a commercial goods vehicle for private use with a GVM <4.5t.

NOTE: Application for 40% Motor Tax Rebate must be completed annually by the pensioners eligible for the 40% motor tax rebate. The rebate of Motor Tax must be on the same vehicle that receives the pensioner concession (i.e on the registration fee, road safety levy and MAIB premium).

Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) pensioners and TAS recipients

$35.80 discount on the registration fee (For MAIB Class 1 and 2 vehicles)
Full exemption on duty. See note below
Full rebate on motor tax for vehicles with GVM not exceeding 4.5t (see note below)
$10.00 rebate on the Road Safety Levy
$69.00 rebate on the MAIB Premium

NOTE: Eligible clients must be applied to the same vehicle that receives the pensioner concession (i.e on the registration fee, road safety levy and MAIB premium). A rebate on the registration fee is also applicable on the other classes of vehicles such as trailers, caravans and motorcycles. For more information refer to the specific chapter in the schedule.

- TPI must be registered in single names.

Rebates/Exemptions applicable to Registration

A rebate is applied to the vehicle based on its construction or use.

Vehicle	Duty	Registration fee	Motor tax	MAIB
Commercial vehicle (including heavy trailers) used for farming horticulture, and bee keeping purposes Conditional registration plates to be issued to motor vehicles with GVM >16t and Trailers with GVM > 4.5t	no rebate	no rebate	*40% rebate	no rebate
Farm Tractor (a tractor or agricultural machine used solely for farming purposes)	full rebate	Payable on first issue	full rebate	no rebate
Tractor (A vehicle constructed primarily to tow or push trailers or implements but not capable of carrying goods or more than 1 passenger)	full rebate if exempt from Motor Tax	no rebate	full exemption applies to certain vehicles	no rebate
3 Axle Buses Rebate 3 axle Buses greater than 12 tonnes Gross vehicle mass and not exceeding 60 000 kilometres travelled per annum	no rebate	no rebate	*Charged at 2B2	no rebate
Interchangeable Trailer Rebate Applicable when the semi-trailer(s) exceed the number of prime movers registered in the same name and do not travel more than 20 000 kilometres per annum	no rebate	no rebate	*40% rebate	no rebate
Special Interest Vehicle	no rebate	no rebate	50% rebate	no rebate
Road Construction or earth moving machinery	100%	no rebate	100%	no rebate
Vintage Car	100%	no rebate	100%	no rebate

* Must complete a declaration on first issue then annually

Duty Rebates applicable to Transfer of Registration

Type of Pension or class of vehicle	Duty Rebate
Social Services Act Pensioners	No Rebate
Repatriation Act Pensioners (TPI & TAS recipients)	100% rebate on one vehicle only. All other recipients under this Act pay full duty.
Vehicles exempt from the payment of motor tax (vintage & veteran vehicles (annual declaration required), fork lift trucks, bulldozers, front-end loaders etc)	Vehicles which are exempted from the payment of motor tax are automatically exempt from the payment of duty except for special purpose vehicles
Charitable Organisations	Vehicles which are exempted from the payment of motor tax are automatically exempt from the payment of duty.
Vehicles registered in the name of a Government Agency	Some Government Agencies are not exempt

Beneficiaries and Family Law Court Orders

Applicant for Registration Transfer	Rebate
Beneficiaries under the terms of a will where the beneficiary is a joint registered operator with the deceased	No duty payable No Transfer fee payable
Beneficiaries under the terms of a will where the beneficiary is not a joint registered operator with the deceased	No duty payable Transfer fee is payable
Transfers of registration where the applicant is granted a vehicle under an order of the Family Law Court	No duty payable Transfer fee is payable