Conditional Registration - Summary
Conditional registration is issued to vehicles which:
- do not comply with relevant vehicle standards
- or for any other reasons require conditions.
Eligible vehicles
Vehicles that may be eligible for conditional registration include:
- vehicles that do not meet the Australian Design Rules (ADRs)
- vehicles of unusual dimension or construction that are used only on:
- special occasions
- when taking part in approved events
- when driven by designated drivers - other vehicles approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
Examples of vehicles include:
- ride on lawn mowers
- farm tractors
- agricultural farm bikes
- hydraulic excavators
- log skidders
- dune buggies
- self propelled golf buggies
- off road recreational motor cycles and other vehicles
- earth moving equipment
- self propelled sports ground maintenance equipment
- fork lift trucks
- some motorcycles
- cherry pickers
- concrete pumps.
Conditions
Conditions imposed for conditional registration may relate to:
- the use of the vehicles
- the areas in which the vehicles are used
- any other conditions.
All conditions are:
- recorded on the Motor Registry System issued to the registered operator of the vehicle on a Certificate of Approved Operations
- carried in the vehicle at all times in the form of:
- an operations plate
- a Certificate of Approved Operations.
Categories
The five categories of conditional registration are:
- conditional (not complying with Australian Design Rules))
- club event (vintage/veteran/street rod)
- restricted (limited distance)
- concessional (40% rebate if limited specific use)
- special purpose (specific non-load carrying).
- special interest (52 days per year)
