Changing your cars registration when moving interstate

Are you planning a trip to NSW or moving there permanently?  No matter what your decision is, you need to make sure that you will be able to drive the vehicle you own. For this, it’s important to get your vehicle registered. Buying a custom number plate in NSW is simple. Transport for NSW is the authority that assigns the new number plate, records the change and sends the information to an interstate authority so that the state you were living in also knows you have changed your car’s registration.  Once your vehicle is registered, you are given a receipt, which can be used for a refund if you move back to the state you were previously living in.  In which state can you keep the old number plates? In some states, you can keep your old number plates even if they are not used anymore. These states include: Queensland: You can keep personalised, special, prestige and custom number plates. ACT: All number plates can be kept. South Australia: You can keep some special plates, number-plates, Grand Prix and Jubilee only. Tasmania: You can keep all of your personalised number plates. Victoria: You can keep all types of number plates. States where you can’t keep your old number plates You can keep your old number plates in Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Western Australia. When you apply for NSW registration, you will have to hand over the old number plates at the state’s service centre.  Now that you know the basics of vehicle registration… Read More