Bike rego course of action

**kwaka_crasher** · 28th January 2010, 22:55

Originally Posted by mikeey01

Can one only pay the registration fee and opt out of paying the acc levy?

No. You have to pay the full license fee including levies. It'd give you a link but the legislation website is down.

**Madmax** · 28th January 2010, 23:00

stop "n" go

**Tunahunter** · 29th January 2010, 14:30

Just got my renewal notice and the breakdown is:

Licence Fee 24.50
ACC Levy 252.69
Other levies 1.64
Admin 6.72
GST 35.69

Total 321.24

I'm new to bike ownership and didn't take much notice at the first rego 'cos I was so bloody excited about getting a bike - so I'm not sure if that is the same as last year or not

**kwaka_crasher** · 19th March 2010, 14:12

Has anyone had a recent motorcycle re-licensing notice and can they give us the details regarding cost and the period covered? I'm still trying to confirm if it's actuially done pro-rata.

**Blackshear** · 19th March 2010, 15:41

TL;DR but as above.

Also, what exact day does this fall under?
A squid on minimum wages flatting/eating/gassing/maintaining etc doesn't get the chance to save $400 down the road very often.

'Preshey-ated.

**AllanB** · 19th March 2010, 16:24

Got one in the mail this week. Due next month.

I can register the bike for 12 months at the current rate. You will be able to do this right up to the date of the change over to the new ACC rates.

The same thing happened for road user charges a couple of years ago - in the week leading up to the change they processed several million dollars worth of charges! My boss paid road user charges on 6 vehicles for 100,000 kms each the day before it increased!

**Hailwood** · 19th March 2010, 17:51

Just a thought on this whole "lets clog the courts up with us defending a non-defendable offence because it will clog up the resources of the courts".....just a thought..lets say that everyone does this and clogs up the courts by demanding a court date for an offence that has no defence...so what happens to other more serious court matters that cant be heard or dealt with because the courts are full of people taking this action...lets take this further..the courts (district at a low level) get clogged up and therefore have no available dates for say a domestic violence case....lack of court date means the defendant walks...goes home and bashes his/her partner and kid again but this time kills them...

I know this is taking a very stretched and emotive view but FFS people have a little bigger picture thinking....yes the ACC levy increases are a crock and yes they dont seem to be fair, however is this the best way of dealing with it? Or is it going to make motorcyclists appear to the bad guys here? The riding while rego on hold is a personal choice and, with all choices come consequences..infringement if caught. I do hope we dont read the whinings of those who choose to do this and get caught and ticketed.

Just my 2c worth anyway

**Coldrider** · 19th March 2010, 19:05

The real fine for having no current rego is up to a maximum of $1,000 that a judge can impose on a motorist.
The instant fine is $200, heavily discounted as the process is simplfied for admitting guilt and paying the fine without a court appearance. So everyone can imagine the outcome of clogging up the court system in the long term.

**Muppet** · 19th March 2010, 21:19

Originally Posted by Coldrider

The real fine for having no current rego is up to a maximum of $1,000 that a judge can impose on a motorist.
The instant fine is $200, heavily discounted as the process is simplfied for admitting guilt and paying the fine without a court appearance. So everyone can imagine the outcome of clogging up the court system in the long term.

Class action would only clog up one court since if you defended it, the matter would be heard in front of two JP's who are volunteers (yes really). This because the matter in 'non-imprisonable'. The other matters referred to regarding assaults etc are heard in front of a Judge. I don't think defending en mass would work as you have to show a good reason for the defence to the infringemnent bureau. I've seen letters from the bureau to a 'defendant' if you like, where they have said to them 'you application for a hearing is denied'. This doesn't happen often but I have seen it. They might deny any hearing if they sussed out the reason was to clog up the courts. They make the rules I'm afraid, we're buggered

no matter which way we turn.

**Pixie** · 20th March 2010, 09:02

Originally Posted by Hailwood

Just a thought on this whole "lets clog the courts up with us defending a non-defendable offence because it will clog up the resources of the courts".....just a thought..lets say that everyone does this and clogs up the courts by demanding a court date for an offence that has no defence...so what happens to other more serious court matters that cant be heard or dealt with because the courts are full of people taking this action...lets take this further..the courts (district at a low level) get clogged up and therefore have no available dates for say a domestic violence case....lack of court date means the defendant walks...goes home and bashes his/her partner and kid again but this time kills them...

I know this is taking a very stretched and emotive view but FFS people have a little bigger picture thinking....yes the ACC levy increases are a crock and yes they dont seem to be fair, however is this the best way of dealing with it? Or is it going to make motorcyclists appear to the bad guys here? The riding while rego on hold is a personal choice and, with all choices come consequences..infringement if caught. I do hope we dont read the whinings of those who choose to do this and get caught and ticketed.

Just my 2c worth anyway

Fuck'em (the authorities) they made their beds let them sleep in them

**kwaka_crasher** · 20th March 2010, 10:37

Originally Posted by Hailwood

Just a thought on this whole "lets clog the courts up with us defending a non-defendable offence because it will clog up the resources of the courts".....just a thought..lets say that everyone does this and clogs up the courts by demanding a court date for an offence that has no defence...so what happens to other more serious court matters that cant be heard or dealt with because the courts are full of people taking this action...lets take this further..the courts (district at a low level) get clogged up and therefore have no available dates for say a domestic violence case....lack of court date means the defendant walks...goes home and bashes his/her partner and kid again but this time kills them...

Minor traffic offences are dealt with by JPs not Judges who deal with more serious offences. So it will have little impact on other streams of 'justice'.

**SMOKEU** · 20th March 2010, 12:14

Originally Posted by kwaka_crasher

Has anyone had a recent motorcycle re-licensing notice and can they give us the details regarding cost and the period covered? I'm still trying to confirm if it's actuially done pro-rata.

I just paid $86 for 3 months licencing today.

**Flip** · 20th March 2010, 12:21

Well I have just brought a vintage BMW. $100 pa rego and it's not continuous. Will keep the HD fully rego'd as well hell I think I would go slightly mad without the availability of at least one bike to go for a ride on.