Towing with interstate vehicle

[masterplumber]

Hi all.

I noticed in the latest mag (241, March 2017) that Fred seems to be towing a Qld registered van with a NSW registered Jeep.

Back in the old days, when we got all manner of Rego Documentation, the Qld trailer rego always said to contact your insurer before towing with an interstate vehicle.

Always assumed that a Qld trailer was covered by the Qld Tug's Compulsory Third Party Insurance, as we don't pay CPT on trailers.

What is the situation in other States and Territories?

Regards
Gerry

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[Motherhen]

You are assuming that the registration of both is in the same name (eg Fred's). The caravan could be on a loan, lease or promotion arrangement.

As both states have the same policy of third party insurance on the vehicle that would not be an issue as it would be with a Queensland registered caravan towed by a Western Australia registered vehicle (yes I have seen this a number of times).

Registration must be for the garaged address. You may have difficulty in explaining why your garaged address at your home in New South Wales is not the garaging address for your caravan.

From the RMS website http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/registr ... istration/

Interstate vehicles kept or garaged in NSW

A vehicle that is kept or garaged in NSW may be in breach of its home state registration provisions. For example, if an interstate authority requires the vehicle to be garaged in its home state, that authority may take action to cancel or suspend the registration.

Vehicles kept or garaged in NSW are required to be registered in NSW. If not, they are considered to be unregistered and cannot be driven (or towed in the case of a caravan or trailer) on NSW roads. You should also be aware that substantial penalties apply if you drive an unregistered or uninsured vehicle.

NSW Police hold the view that interstate registered vehicles kept or garaged in NSW are not 'temporarily' in NSW and are therefore 'unregistered'. As such, if the operator of that vehicle holds a NSW driver’s licence or is resident in NSW, and drives or uses the vehicle on NSW roads, they may be issued with a penalty notice.