A vehicle can be registered in the name of an individual or a corporation (company or incorporated association). A vehicle cannot be registered in the name of a business, an unincorporated group or under a trading name.
You can register a vehicle in your own name. Vehicles cannot be registered in more than one name.
To register a vehicle your age must be at least:
- 17 years – for a light vehicle or trailer (4.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass or less)
- 17 years and 9 months – for a motorcycle
- 18 years – for a heavy vehicle or trailer (over 4.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass).
If under the minimum age, your vehicle must be registered in someone else’s name (eg. a parent, guardian or sibling).
For information on how to register a vehicle see light vehicle registration.
A company or incorporated association may have a vehicle registered in its name.
Companies have an Australian Company Number (ACN). Incorporated associations will not have an ACN but may be incorporated in a number of ways eg through an Act of Parliament or by Royal Charter. They may include organisations such as hospitals, municipal councils or trade unions.
Please see registering a vehicle on behalf of a person or a company
Vehicles cannot be registered in a business name, trading name or the name of an unincorporated group. If the vehicle is owned by an unincorporated body, multiple people or an emergency response organisation (eg. SES, CFA or municipality vehicles), an individual may be nominated as the registered driver.