Safety Checks and Inspections

Vehicle Inspections, Pink Slips & E-Safety Checks

Safety Checks and Inspections

Driving an unregistered vehicle is a serious offense that can have far-reaching and catastrophic consequences. Generally, light vehicles more than five years old require a safety check (previously called a pink slip) before you can renew the registration.

Light vehicles include:

• Passenger cars
• Goods carrying vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Mass of 4.5 tonnes or less
• All motorcycles, trailers and caravans

Safety checks (Pink Slip)

Vehicles used to provide point to point transport services must have a safety check at least once a year. Safety checks can only be performed at an Authorised Inspection Scheme station like Brabond Automotive. Once your vehicle has passed the safety check inspection, you can renew the registration.

Validity of safety check inspection

Light vehicle safety check inspection reports are valid for six months (excluding public passenger vehicles).

This means that you’ll need to use the report to renew registration within six months of having the safety check.

Failed safety checks

If your vehicle fails the safety check, you can’t renew the registration until the required repairs are made. Brabond Automotive will issue a Repairs Needed report showing what repairs are required. If the repairs are completed within 14 days, the vehicle can be reassessed with no additional safety check fees.