Hear this on the news, I'm guessing a motorbike is classed as a "light" vehicle!
No Registration Labels for Light Vehicles from 1 July 2013
http://www.rego.act.gov.au/Whatsnew/regolabelabolish.htm
The abolition of registration labels has been considered nationally and locally a number of times. WA, SA and Tasmania have recently ceased issuing registration labels and NSW has announced that they will also be abolishing registration labels on 1 January 2013.
As part of the ACT Government’s Red Tape Reduction Panel the Government has agreed to abolish registration labels for light vehicles. It is expected that registration labels will no longer be required for light vehicles from 1 July 2013. It should be noted that while registration labels provide an indication that a vehicle is registered, a registration label cannot be relied on as proof of registration. In some instances labels have been found to be fraudulent and there are cases where a person pays for their registration, receives a label and subsequently the payment is dishonoured meaning the vehicle is unregistered but displaying a “current” label. In addition, there are cases where a person pays for their registration and subsequently cancels the registration again meaning the vehicle is unregistered but may continue to display a “current” label. Also, the introduction of the RAPID numberplate identification technology by ACT Policing has resulted in the identification and removal of unregistered vehicles from ACT’s roads without relying on registration labels.
Light vehicle owners will continue to receive registration renewal reminder notices and registration certificates, however they will no longer be required to display a registration label on their vehicle.
And if the clowns in charge, her in Victoria can figure a way of getting more money out of us, we may follow soon to.
Tassie ahead of some other states there's a first.
When my rego papers arrived with no label I read the instructions, they explained that there will no longer be any labels for light vehicles including motorcycles but you must carry your rego papers in the vehicle, the funny thing is they said to keep them in the glove box, I'm still to locate the glove box on my bike!!!.
I never carry them when I'm on the bike I figure that with all their slick equipment they have, i.e. rego plate recognition they'll know whether i'm legit or not.
No rego lable required in NSW for motorcycles.
But if you own a motorcycle on Historic Plates in NSW you still have to display a rego label, just renewed the rego on my Velocette and they have a rego label on the rego papers, not sure why they didn't exclude Historic rego as well as they are also under the weight restriction.
Happening in Vic in January 2014, apparently they'll save 20 million dollars, mind you no discount, probably straight to their super funds.
CAR registration stickers will be scrapped in a move estimated to save Victorian taxpayers almost $20 million a year.
Premier Denis Napthine and Roads Minister Terry Mulder said it will be introduced for cars and light vehicles from January 1 next year.
Industry groups, who have argued the stickers are outdated and lobbied for them to be scrapped, welcomed the decision.
Dr Napthine said "pesky" registration labels would be a thing of the past.
"This reform will bring Victoria into line with most other states which have either abolished registration labels or are planning to," Dr Napthine said.
"When you operate a business with dozens or even hundreds of vehicles there is a significant cost involved in time and effort to change over registration labels ever year.''
VicRoads issued about 5.4 million registration labels in 2011-12, which cost about $600,000 to print.
Millions of dollars are also spent in administration costs and labour.
Mr Mulder said: "There is no need for anyone to fear that they will be caught driving an unregistered vehicle because the same reminders will be sent to them.
"They just won't need to stick a label on their windscreen."
Tourism and Transport Forum deputy CEO Trent Zimmerman said the decision was good news for motorists and the rental car industry, which has about 140,000 vehicles nationally.
"Victoria is the second last state still using rego stickers and while it is of some annoyance for your average motorist, for rental car companies owning tens of thousands of vehicles it actually becomes a major piece of red tape,'' Mr Zimmerman said.
"This measure will save rental car companies tens of thousands of dollars because it means that each year they won't have to be scrapping off and putting on stickers on their large car fleets.''
Western Australia and South Australia were the first states to axe car registration stickers followed by Tasmania and NSW. Queensland is still investigating the issue.
The Herald Sun revealed last year the TTF and RACV were urging the State Government to scrap the stickers.
The Government said at the time it had no plans to axe the labels.
Registration costs will not change.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/car-registration-stickers-to-be-scrapped-in-victoria/story-fni0fit3-1226673720954
