Incapacitated person vehicles

A vehicle that is designed solely for the conveyance of one incapacitated person where:

• the person's mobility is seriously impaired and
• the vehicle will not be used to convey any other person.

The vehicle must be registered in the name of an incapacitated person.

A private vehicle used to carry an incapacitated person that is:

• converted to provide wheelchair access to and from the vehicle
• capable of carrying at least one occupied wheelchair
• to be used for conveying an incapacitated person whose mobility is seriously impaired
• not a commercial passenger vehicle e.g. is not a taxi* to carry wheelchairs.

This vehicle must be registered in the name of:

• an incapacitated person
• parent/legal guardian of an incapacitated person (who is a minor) or
• a relative or a carer of an incapacitated person.

A vehicle that is:

• converted to provide wheelchair access to and from the vehicle
• capable of carrying at least one occupied wheelchair
• used for conveying an incapacitated person whose mobility is seriously impaired
• marked with the name of the registered operator or, in the "State of Victoria (department of xxx)”
• not a commercial passenger vehicle e.g. is not a taxi* modified to carry wheelchairs.

The vehicle must be registered in the name of:

• a charitable, benevolent or religious institution,
• a "State of Victoria (department of xxx)”
• a public statutory authority or
• a municipal council.

The vehicle must be used for:

• the transport of the disabled, handicapped or injured if the vehicle is being transferred to the St John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) Inc. or
• the conveyance of disabled or handicapped people for training, education or employment, if it is to be owned by a corporation established for a public purpose (not for private gain) and must have the entity name marked.

The vehicle can be registered in the name of a veteran who has been assessed under the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986 (External link) of the Commonwealth as a veteran to whom: 

• section 22 of that Act applies at the 100% or higher rate; or 
• section 23, 24, 25 or 104 of that Act applies; or
• the person is assessed under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (External link) of the Commonwealth as a person who has suffered an impairment resulting from one or more service injuries or diseases, the degree of which constitutes 40 impairment points or more; and 
• in either case, no other vehicle is being operated in their name as an incapacitated war veteran’s vehicle.