Conditional - Special Purpose
- Description
- Requirements
- Licence required
- Plates - Registration Issues and renewals from 1 October 2000
- Work Vehicles 4.5t GVM or less
- Customer provides
- Customer receives
- Payment
Special purpose vehicles are constructed primarily for:
- lifting
- moving
- compressing
- rolling or laying material
- or the manufacturing or processing of goods.
Special purpose vehicles:
- have a primary function not related to the carriage of goods
- travel between sites for the purpose of carrying out specialised work at the sites.
Examples are motorised cranes and cherry pickers (elevated platform vehicle).
Licence required
The Gross Vehicle Mass of a special purpose vehicle will determine the class of licence required to drive the vehicle.
Plates
Work Vehicles are recognised by a number plate prefix of WV ****, in red writing on a yellow background.
Exception: Fire trucks, which are issued with standard or custom plates.
Registration Issues and renewals from 1 October 2000
All special purpose vehicles currently classed as not exceeding legal axle limits on any axle or axle group have been sorted into plant and truck type special purpose vehicles.
Registration renewals will advise clients of their new category. For plant type vehicles the motor tax charge will continue to be nil. Truck type vehicles will be required to pay an annual motor tax charge of $200.
New registrations of special purpose vehicles will require the completion of a SPECIAL PURPOSE CLASSIFICATION REPORT and a vehicle inspection for truck based vehicles.
If clients disagree with the classification on their registration renewal they may arrange to have the vehicle inspected by a Departmental Inspection Station prior to registration renewal.
SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION REPORT forms are also available at Service Tasmania shops.
Appointments for the vehicle inspection can be arranged by phoning the Transport Enquiry Service on 1300 851 225.
Work Vehicles 4.5t GVM or less
Vehicles less than 4.5t do not qualify as a work vehicle or special purpose vehicle. These are to be registered as a normal registration.
Customer providesMake a booking for an inspection to assess suitability for special purpose / work vehicle registration through:
- an Approved Inspection Stations (AIS) for light vehicles
- the Telephone Enquiry Service on 1300 851 225 for heavy vehicles.
Then attend the inspection with the vehicle.
The customer then undertakes the following through Service Tasmania shops or designated police stations:
- complete the appropriate application form
- complete a statutory declaration that details the purpose/s for which the vehicle will be used
- provide Proof of Entitlement
- provide their current Tasmanian photo licence or Full Proof of Identity
- provide the Heavy Vehicle Classification Report.
The customer will receive:
- certificate of registration and validate label immediately
- WV plate/s - red and yellow.
The customer needs to pay:
- the fee.
