Vic/NSW Rego

[storm vy]

Hey Guys, got a bit of a tricky question in regards to rego, been trying to get onto Vic roads but being they shut their doors half hr earlier than normal close of business and every time i ring i get the msg that they're experiencing high traffic and to ring back later, i havnt been able to get onto them as yet so thought id see if anyone here has any idea!
Living on the NSW side of the NSW/Vic Border and with vic rego being half the price of nsw i've got my car registered in Vic. I spoke to vic roads about it probably 3 yrs ago now and they said if its garaged in Vic thats where you register it, had an address in vic to keep it (got a work car so dont need it during the week) so no dramas, they gave me a form to declare its garaged there and got it signed by the owner of the place in Vic, all no dramas and has been registered there since.
Now on Friday night was driving home fairly late and got pulled into a breatho, no stress, being a non drinker i'm often the designated driver so go through plenty of breathos no dramas.
Except this time the copper insisted my car was unregistered! I explained to him what the go was but he wasn't interested in what i had to say and went and wrote me out a nice $607 fine for being unregistered! I explained to him again what the go was and his response was NSW license Must have NSW rego, so i asked why vic roads would tell me otherwise and his response was "just so they get more money out of you".. surely that cant be right? how can vic roads let me do it if its so obviously Illegal as the copper exclaimed?
Has anyone had any experience in this? Who's telling me the wrong Thing?? Not real happy with a $607 fine for unregistered when i've been paying rego for it!
And just for the record although not real happy about it i was polite and respectful to the copper the whole time so not just a matter of failing the 'attitude test'

[feistl]

I would take it to court. What if you were borrowing my car (as a victorian registration)? If the car is registered it shouldn't matter....

[storm vy]

Its more because it registered in my name with a NSW license.

[jc_sv8]

I may have had a WA license and rego for the 5 years when I lived in Sydney. Never saw any police on the lower north shore so no problems.
Sounds like you've uncovered a can of worms. Now you'll be bounced back and forward between state bureaucracies. Just remember to keep smiling.

[Luminous]

I have a similar scenario. I have a QLD license but one of my cars is still registered in NSW. There was one time when I was registering it over the phone, the woman mentioned that the car's address and my license did not match. I asked her if this was illegal, and she said no, but if I am pulled over by cops they might hassle me about it...

I will be interested to see what comes of this as it sounds like the copper isn't fully aware of what the deal is.

[skilly]

It's all in the first few lines:

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/registrati...evehicles.html

[macca_779]

My car is garaged in Vic also. I have a bike registered in NSW and have a NSW licence. My bike is my daily as my car is "stored" in Vic at my parents place most of the time. Its just a coincidence that I always seem to get RBT's on the off chance I have my car in NSW.

[GTSLOVER]

Mate, I am ex NSW highway patrol. There is nothing stopping me from having a car registered in every State on my New South Wales licence. Your incident is one of those grey areas but as stated by the RMS there guidelines for registration are not law. Licences on the other hand have the same guidelines and are written into law. You are more than justified in taking this matter to Court. My advice would be to first write a letter to the RMS asking for the matter to be reviewed. If this returns a negative result then elect to have the matter heard in Court.

This is the big problem and why I am now EX HWP, ex police in fact, years ago highway cops knew the traffic legislation inside out. Then the police relaxed their entry requirements into the HWP and every try hard wannabe who wanted to drive a pursuit car wound up in HWP. They have as much knowledge of traffic legislation as a chef does of being a diesel mechanic.

Good luck with it

[XUV]

Normally they'd give you 3 months to rego it in N.S.W. if that's where you work.

Well they use too, as I've received many warnings when i'd come up from Melbourne and subby for my dad, that was 20 yrs ago, but the laws a bit anal now.

They know you're scamming, I mean defrauding , I mean living in N.S.W. , so for the sake of cheap rego you probably get a mexican license or rego your car in N.S.W.

You could try writing them a letter , but you'd incriminate yourself explaining how VicRoads told you it was o.k. to rego in vic while living in N.S.W. .......For the last 3 yrs

[IJ.]

I'd be getting real legal advice, this could go quite badly...

[Toddler78]

What a crock of shit. you could easily have a holiday home in vic and have that vehicle there, but you main residence is NSW. geez the border isnt north and south korea

[seedyrom]

The point is that he is using his vehicle exclusively or close to it (at least thats what his residence would suggest) ... But not paying for NSW road maintenance, safety initiatives and CTP for accident victims in NSW.

[XUV]

What a crock of shit. you could easily have a holiday home in vic and have that vehicle there, but you main residence is NSW. geez the border isnt north and south korea

yes, you can, many do and that would be legit.

As for the nth/sth korea reference , Oz boarders can be trickier , ( I instantly think of the railroad debacle, lol )
as i was told to go to tweed heads to renew my security licence , thing is I was living in Cairns at the time.

[andrewslr]

I have always been of the belief that the car is privately registered, it should be to the same address as that which appears on your driver's licence. Given the disparity in comments here we are all likely misinformed. As already suggested, seek legal advice as you risk digging yourself into a bigger hole.

[toey]

Are we talking albury/wadonga north/south of the boarder or a bit more distance between the two places? My first port of call would be Vic roads to confirm the car is registered n not cancelled for whatever reason. Once that is established then contact rms proving it is actually registered and ask for it to be reviewed. If you have no luck there seek some proper legal advice then go from there.

In all honesty is it really worth the hassle for the money saved? You will keep getting the same treatment over this issue by the cops n going to court May result in just more costs on top of the fine