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License a motorised wheelchair
Find out about motorised wheelchairs including wheelchairs powered by internal combustion engines or electric motors, and devices referred to as gophers.
Light vehicle licence (registration) fees (2024/2025)
Vehicle owners must also pay motor injury insurance (MII) insurance. Visit the Motor Injury Insurance (MII) page for fees and more information.
Light vehicle: Administration fee
| Fee type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Light vehicle standard administration recording fee - 3. 6 and 12 months renewal | $8.25 |
| Light vehicle standard administration recording fee - 1 month renewal | $1.75 |
Light vehicle: Bulk, transfer and duplicate licence fees
| Fee type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Duplicate or certified copy of vehicle licence document - DoTDirect Download | $0.00 |
| Duplicate or certified copy of vehicle licence document - Purchase at DVS Centre or by phone | $6.90 |
| Vehicle Licence Administration fee (Bulk licensing fee) - Applicable to vehicle dealers only | $13.30 |
| Vehicle licence transfer fee | $20.50 |
Light vehicle: Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) not exceeding 4,500 kg fees
| Fee type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Per 100 kg | |
| Light vehicle registration: Caravan (motor propelled), per 100 kg | $27.56 |
| Light vehicle registration: Caravan (trailer type), per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Converter dolly, per 100 kg | $13.78 |
| Light vehicle registration: Fork lift, per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Goods vehicle, per 100 kg | $27.56 |
| Light vehicle registration: Mobile crane, per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Motor car, per 100 kg | $27.56 |
| Light vehicle registration: Omnibus, per 100 kg | $27.56 |
| Light vehicle registration: Other trailer, not being a plant trailer truck, per 100 kg | $13.78 |
| Light vehicle registration: Plant trailer, per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Semi-trailer, per 100 kg | $13.78 |
| Light vehicle registration: Tow motor, per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Tow truck, per 100 kg | $27.56 |
| Light vehicle registration: Tractor (not prime mover), per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Tractor plant truck, per 100 kg | $6.89 |
| Light vehicle registration: Trailer, per 100 kg | $13.78 |
| Light vehicle registration: Tractor (prime mover type) and truck | $27.56 |
| Motorcycles | |
| Light vehicle registration: Motorcycle (not exceeding 250 cc) | $68.32 |
| Light vehicle registration: Motorcycle (power to weight ratio not exceeding 150 kW/t) | $95.88 |
Light vehicle: Example, how to calculate your vehicle licence fee
In the following example, a 12 month renewal is applied to a standard motor car (Tare weight: 1,650 kg - the weight of the unladen vehicle):
| Calculate your light vehicle licence fee | Fee calculation |
|---|---|
| Vehicle fee per 100 kg x Total weight (rounded up to the nearest 100 kg) / 100 | $27.56 x (1,700 kg / 100) = $468.52 |
| Plus prescribed flat fee $13.20 (12-month renewal: (discounted rate) = $6.60) | $6.60 |
| Total vehicle licence fee (rounded to the nearest five cents) | $475.12 |
Notes:
- Prescribed flat fee for a vehicle for a period of one year is $13.20 discounted 50%.
- Any vehicle renewal term less than 12 months; calculation will be $13.20 divided by 12 then multiplying by the number of months in respect of which the renewal is paid.
- 6-month renewal: ($13.20/12)*6 = $6.60.
- 3-month renewal: ($13.20/12)*3 = $3.30.
- 1-month renewal: ($13.20/12) = $1.10.
Key:
- GVM = Gross vehicle Mass. kg = kilogram. cc = cubic centimetre, engine displacement.
- kW/t = kilowatt per tonne, 1 m² / S³.
License a motorised wheelchair
10 km/h limit
Motorised wheelchairs include wheelchairs driven by electric engines, and vehicles referred to as 'gophers'.
Motorised wheelchairs must be designed so that they cannot exceed a speed of 10 km/h.
Limiting the speed of motorised wheelchairs to 10 km/h means:
- The driver of these vehicles will be legally defined as a pedestrian.
- A vehicle designed with this restriction is not legally considered as a motorised vehicle and does not need to be licensed.
- Drivers of these wheelchairs are not required to hold a driver's licence.
- Not required to pay compulsory Motor Injury Insurance (MII).
Motorised wheelchairs capable of higher speeds
Motorised wheelchairs that are capable of travelling faster than 10 km/h do not have pedestrian status and must be treated as road going vehicles. They would need to be either:
- Returned to the manufacturer so that the top speed can be limited to 10 km/h, or
- Conditionally licensed for the road.
Modifications (such as the addition of indicator lights and proper road going tyres) may need to be made to these vehicles to ensure road safety.