Road Safety (Drivers) and (Vehicles) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2024 (Vic)
Road Safety (Drivers) and (Vehicles) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2024
S.R. No. 43/2024
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
Part 1—Preliminary
1Objectives
2Authorising provision
3Commencement
Part 2—Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2019
4Schedule 7—Search and extract fees
Part 3—Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021
5Schedule 2—Concessional fees for registration and renewal of registration
6Schedule 3—Registration fees for heavy vehicles
7Schedule 4—Miscellaneous fees
8Schedule 5—Search and extract fees
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Endnotes
STATUTORY RULES 2024
S.R. No. 43/2024
Road Safety Act 1986
Road Safety (Drivers) and (Vehicles) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2024
The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 4 June 2024
Responsible Minister:
MELISSA HORNE
Minister for Roads and Road SafetySAMUAL WALLACE
Clerk of the Executive Council
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a)to make amendments to the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2019 to convert fees specified in monetary amounts to fee units; and
(b)to make amendments to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021—
(i)to convert fees specified in monetary amounts to fee units; and
(ii)to increase national heavy vehicle number plate fees; and
(iii)to prescribe the annual registration fees for heavy vehicles for the 2024/2025 financial year.
2Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.
3Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2024.
PART 2—ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 2019
4Schedule 7—Search and extract fees
In items 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 to the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2019[1], for "$10.35" substitute "0·65 fee units".
PART 3—ROAD SAFETY (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2021
5Schedule 2—Concessional fees for registration and renewal of registration
In item 2 of Schedule 2 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021[2], for "$9.95" substitute "0·63 fee units".
6Schedule 3—Registration fees for heavy vehicles
(1)For clause 5 in Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021 substitute—
"5 Annual registration fees—1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025
The annual registration fee for a vehicle to which this Schedule applies for the financial year 2024/2025 is the sum of the relevant amounts set out in Tables 1 and 2 for the vehicle.
Note
The annual registration fee for a vehicle is made up of 2 separate components—a road component (Table 1), which is designed to recover expenditure relating to roads that can be attributed to the use of heavy vehicles either generally or particularly; and a regulatory component (Table 2), which is designed to recover expenditure related to the regulation of heavy vehicles. It is intended that the regulatory component will be paid to the Regulator, subject to offsets where jurisdictions provide regulatory services under service level agreements.
Example
The annual registration fee for a truck (type 1) with 2 axles is $684, which is the sum of $485 shown in Table 1 for that type of truck, and $199 shown in Table 2 for that type of truck.
Table 1—Road component of annual registration fees
1 July 2024—30 June 2025
Division 1—Load carrying vehicles
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | |
| 2 axles | 3 axles | 4 axles | 5 or more axles | ||
| Item No. | Vehicle type | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle |
| Trucks | |||||
| 1 | Truck (type 1) | $485 | $876 | $876 | $876 |
| 2 | Truck (type 2) | $876 | $994 | $994 | $994 |
| 3 | Short combination truck | $876 | $994 | $1993 | $1993 |
| 4 | Medium combination truck | $10 839 | $10 839 | $11 707 | $11 707 |
| 5 | Long combination truck | $14 985 | $14 985 | $14 985 | $14 985 |
| Prime movers | |||||
| 6 | Short combination prime mover | $847 | $4831 | $5193 | $5193 |
| 7 | Multi-combination prime mover | $12 255 | $12 255 | $13 481 | $13 481 |
Division 2—Load carrying trailers
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | |
| Single axle | Tandem axle group | Tri-axle group | Quad-axle group and above | ||
| Item No. | Trailer type | Fee per axle | Fee per axle | Fee per axle | Fee per axle |
| 1 | Pig trailer | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 |
| 2 | Dog trailer | $720 | $720 | $720 | $720 |
| 3 | Semi-trailer | $720 | $915 | $650 | $488 |
| 4 | B-double lead trailer and B‑triple lead and middle trailers | $720 | $915 | $650 | $488 |
| 5 | Converter dolly or low loader dolly | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Note
All axles on a dog trailer are treated as part of one group for registration charging purposes. For example, a dog trailer with a single axle at the front and a tandem axle at the rear is treated as a tri-axle group for registration charging purposes.
Division 3—Buses
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
| 2 axles | 3 axles | 4 or more axles | ||
| Item No. | Bus type | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle |
| 1 | Bus (type 1) | $363 | $0 | $0 |
| 2 | Bus (type 2) | $376 | $2751 | $2751 |
| 3 | Articulated bus | $0 | $376 | $376 |
Division 4—Special purpose vehicles
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
| Item No. | Vehicle type | Fee per vehicle |
| 1 | Special purpose vehicle (type P) | $0 |
| 2 | Special purpose vehicle (type T) | $353 |
| 3 | Special purpose vehicle (type O) | Calculated using the formula: $441 + ($441 ´ (Number of axles after first 2 axles)) |
Table 2—Regulatory component of annual registration fees
1 July 2024—30 June 2025
Division 1—Load carrying vehicles
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | |
| 2 axles | 3 axles | 4 axles | 5 or more axles | ||
| Item No. | Vehicle type | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle |
| Trucks | |||||
| 1 | Truck (type 1) | $199 | $235 | $250 | $250 |
| 2 | Truck (type 2) | $260 | $332 | $353 | $353 |
| 3 | Short combination truck | $291 | $370 | $354 | $354 |
| 4 | Medium combination truck | $663 | $663 | $717 | $717 |
| 5 | Long combination truck | $916 | $916 | $916 | $916 |
| Prime movers | |||||
| 6 | Short combination prime mover | $413 | $413 | $413 | $413 |
| 7 | Multi-combination prime mover | $933 | $933 | $1025 | $1025 |
Division 2—Load carrying trailers
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | |
| Single axle | Tandem axle group | Tri-axle group | Quad-axle group and above | ||
| Item No. | Trailer type | Fee per axle | Fee per axle | Fee per axle | Fee per axle |
| 1 | Pig trailer | $55 | $28 | $18 | $14 |
| 2 | Dog trailer | $55 | $28 | $18 | $14 |
| 3 | Semi-trailer | $55 | $28 | $18 | $14 |
| 4 | B-double lead trailer and B‑triple lead and middle trailers | $55 | $28 | $18 | $14 |
| 5 | Converter dolly or low loader dolly | $55 | $28 | $18 | $14 |
Note
All axles on a dog trailer are treated as part of one group for registration charging purposes. For example, a dog trailer with a single axle at the front and a tandem axle at the rear is treated as a tri-axle group for registration charging purposes.
Division 3—Buses
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
| 2 axles | 3 axles | 4 or more axles | ||
| Item No. | Bus type | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle | Fee per vehicle |
| 1 | Bus (type 1) | $208 | $0 | $0 |
| 2 | Bus (type 2) | $341 | $423 | $423 |
| 3 | Articulated bus | $0 | $338 | $338 |
Division 4—Special purpose vehicles
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
| Item No. | Vehicle type | Fee per vehicle |
| 1 | Special purpose vehicle (type P) | $0 |
| 2 | Special purpose vehicle (type T) | $206 |
| 3 | Special purpose vehicle (type O) | $206 |
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(2)In the heading to clause 6 of Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, for "2024" substitute "2025".
(3)In clause 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, for "2024" substitute "2025".
(4)In the heading to clause 7 of Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, for "2024" substitute "2025".
(5)In clause 7(4)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, for "2024/2025 on or before the preceding 28 February 2024" substitute "2025/2026 on or before the preceding 28 February 2025".
7Schedule 4—Miscellaneous fees
In Schedule 4 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021—
(a)in items 13 and 15, for "$29.20" substitute "$30.40";
(b)in item 19, for "$5.25" substitute "0·33 fee units";
(c)in item 20, for "$4.40" substitute "0·28 fee units";
(d)in item 21(d), for "$6.95" substitute "0·44 fee units";
(e)in item 34, for "$3.40" substitute "0·21 fee units".
8Schedule 5—Search and extract fees
In items 1, 2, 4 and 5(i) of Schedule 5 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, for "$10.35" substitute "0·65 fee units".
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ENDNOTES
[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 100/2019 as amended by S.R. Nos 120/2019, 172/2019, 105/2020, 123/2020, 36/2021, 75/2021, 121/2021, 19/2022, 51/2022, 98/2022, 129/2022, 8/2023, 9/2023 and 53/2023.
[2] Reg. 5: S.R. No. 116/2021 as amended by S.R. Nos 47/2022, 51/2022, 129/2022, 130/2022, 53/2023, 54/2023 and 67/2023.
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Fee Units
These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004.
The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.
The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2024 is $16.33. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.
The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
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