The inevitable has happened..

[predator]

Currently there is also a national agreement where if your car is defected in QLD, and it is registered in another state, you can have the defect cleared in the state it was defected or the state of registration.

But when you go to register a car in another state. A cop isn't able to look interstate details up "on the spot" on their system (as far as I know).. so how can an NSW cop even tell your car is unregistered on SA plates if they saw your car driving along?

When you go to get the defect cleared you need to get a RWC, safety certificate or whatever anyhow. Funnily enough, pretty much all states require you to get RWC in that state when changing the car between states. E.g. to register a car from another state rego'ed in QLD i have to get a safety certificate issued in QLD. If its "defected" and unregistered it doesn't really matter does it? I still have to present a safety certificate to get it registered in the other state.

it was only recently that points were transferred.. and then not always that is done properly

[Steve]

It might matter if you are involved in an accident. Edit, when I did transfer rego of a car in WA, they did look up the details.

Bl4cK32, cheers but if all plans go well, it looks like I will be going over to NSW to get my car legal pretty soon:)