Are you driving an unregistered vehicle?

Mount Isa Road Policing officers often intercept drivers who are driving an unregistered car.

Your car automatically becomes unregistered, if you do not make the renewal payment before the expiry date.

Further to this, your Complusory Third Party (CTP) insurance is cancelled 30 days after the registration expiry, meaning you are now driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

Additionally, 90 days after the expiry date if no payment has been made, the registration of your vehicle is automatically cancelled.

You can be fined for these offences and penalty amounts for driving an unregistered vehicle vary between $313 and $417, depending on the engine size of your vehicle.

A further penalty of $522 penalty is applicable, if your vehicle is also uninsured.

More often than not, drivers state they have not received the registration reminder in the mail and they forget to pay, as they no longer have a registration sticker on the windscreen to remind them.

To assist you in ensuring your vehicle is registered there are a number of things you can do:

• Visit TMR, where you can check your vehicle registration status, renew your registration, set up email reminders and make payments by direct debit;
• Download the QLD Rego Check app from the App Store or Google Play, the app can be used to set reminders on your phone and make payments;
• Update your personal details with Transport and Main Roads when you move address, as reminders will be posted to your old address if you do not; and
• Make yourself a reminder sticker and place it in your car.

Ultimately it is your responsibility to ensure your car is registered.