If you own a historic or prescribed left-hand drive vehicle you may be eligible to apply for the conditional registration scheme to obtain reduced fees.
Conditional registration scheme for historic and left-hand vehicles
Historic and prescribed left-hand vehicles may be:
- conditionally registered to obtain reduced fees (applicant must be a financial member of a recognised motor vehicle club)
- registered for periods of one, two or three years
- driven on a road for up to 90 days during any one year period of registration.
How to apply for the conditional registration scheme
Step 1: Complete an application for registration and third party insurance. Applicants must be a financial member of a recognised motor vehicle club.
Step 2: Return the completed application to a Service SA customer service centre with the following:
- an approval for conditional registration of a historic or prescribed left-hand drive vehicle issued by an authorised official of the recognised motor vehicle club.
- the prescribed registration fees.
- a left-hand drive exemption, if appropriate - these are issued by the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Vehicle Standards, Kateena Street, Regency Park.
Conditional registration scheme conditions
The following conditions apply to vehicles registered under the conditional registration scheme for historic and left-hand drive vehicles.
- A vehicle registered as a historic or prescribed left-hand drive may not be driven for hire, fare or reward.
- The owner of the vehicle must be a financial member of a recognised historic vehicle club.
- Before the start of each journey, details of the journey must be recorded in a log book.
Log books must be:
- issued by the recognised historic vehicle clubs
- in a form approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles
- carried in the vehicle at all times during a journey.
Definitions of historic and prescribed left-hand vehicles
The Motor Vehicles Act 1959 provides the following definitions.
An historic vehicle:
- is a vehicle where 30 years or more have lapsed since 1 January of the year in which the vehicle was manufactured
- has not been modified from its original design to any significant extent.
A prescribed left-hand drive vehicle:
- is a vehicle that has its steering wheel on the left of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
- was manufactured before 1 January 1974
- has not been modified from its original design to any significant extent.
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Code of practice for historic vehicles and prescribed left-hand drive vehicles (PDF)
Conditional registration of historic vehicles and prescribed left hand drive vehicles (PDF)