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.

Fees

Light vehicle licence (registration) fees (2024/2025)

Vehicle owners must also pay motor injury insurance (MII) insurance. Visit Motor Injury Insurance (MII) for fees and more information.

Light vehicle licence: Administration fee

Fee description	Amount
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 description	Amount
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

Per 100kg

Fee description	Amount
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

Fee description	Amount
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):

Example of how to calculate your vehicle licence fee
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.