In the event you’ve moved home or gotten married just lately, you in all probability know there’s lots in your thoughts apart from altering the main points in your driver’s licence.

• Having the inaccurate identify or tackle in your licence is an offence
• Fines apply in numerous jurisdictions
• Most legal guidelines state a 14-day grace interval

However if you happen to don’t change issues like your identify or tackle, and also you’re pulled over and have your licence checked, you can face a nice. Heck, even if you happen to lose your licence (like, bodily misplace it) and don’t notify the requisite authorities, you can cop large fines.

Within the case of identify modifications, you’ll have to fill out varieties and submit documentation to point out the change of identify. As an illustration, you might want to point out divorce papers, marriage certification, change of identify certificates, or a beginning certificates.

Gender modifications can also require additional documentation. In accordance with WA division of transport, for instance, a gender change for the state’s information would wish an individual to offer one of many following:

• a press release from a registered medical practitioner or psychologist certifying you might have been their consumer; or
• an amended beginning certificates or legitimate passport along with your most popular gender; or
• a recognition certificates exhibiting the Gender Reassignment Board has accepted your change in intercourse.

Victoria doesn’t require any documentation for a gender change and in QLD, NSW, Victoria and another states, gender has been dropped from showing on driver licences for a while nonetheless the main points are nonetheless saved and should be up to date.

For updating your particulars to replicate a brand new tackle, you might must current proof of rental tenancy or proof of possession of mentioned property.

In several Australian jurisdictions there are totally different guidelines – right here’s a short rundown. Be sure you examine along with your native authorities if you happen to’re unclear about what must occur to make any required modifications.

New South Wales: Licence Offences beneath the Highway Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017 embrace: 

• Fail to inform change of identify inside 14 days – $116 nice
• Fail to inform change of tackle inside 14 days – $116 nice

Victoria: Underneath the Highway Security (Drivers) Rules 2019, Licensing and Registration, the rule is as follows:

• Fail to inform VicRoads of change of identify or tackle – $165 nice

Queensland: Transport Operations (Highway Use Administration–Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021, Half 2, part 363 Modifications of identify, tackle or postal tackle states {that a} Qld licence holder – except they’ve an affordable excuse – should notify the related authority of a change of licence holder identify or tackle inside 14 days of the change.

In the event you had been in breach of this, and took the matter to courtroom, the utmost penalty might be as a lot as $3096. 

South Australia: Underneath the Expiable Offences & Charges – Visitors part 136, the SA Authorities has a couple of “supplementary provisions” for “fail to inform registrar of change of identify/tackle inside 14 days”, essentially the most pertinent being:

• S136(second): Fail to inform Registrar of change of postal tackle – $224 nice plus $99 levy ($323 nice whole)

Nevertheless, SA Police factors out that Half 5 – Supplementary provisions of the Motor Automobiles Act, 1959, signifies that fines of as much as $1250 could also be imposed for failure to adjust to the laws, although this can be a most penalty and prone to solely be imposed if you happen to take the matter to courtroom.

Tasmania: Underneath Transport Tasmania’s Visitors Offences, a driver may cop a nice for not letting the authorities find out about a reputation change or change of tackle:

• Fail to inform change of identify/residential tackle, or tackle for service of notices, inside 14 days – $146.25 nice

WA: Part 40 of WA’s Highway Visitors (Authorisation to Drive) Rules 2014 requires driver’s licence holders to inform the Division of Transport of any modifications of their private particulars (identify and/or tackle) inside 21 days. 

If handled through the courts, failure to inform the Division of Transport of any modifications in private particulars carries a penalty of 4 penalty models for a primary offence ($200) and eight penalty models for a subsequent offence ($400). 

There may be alternatively a ‘modified penalty’ (by means of an infringement discover) of 1 penalty unit. One penalty unit has a worth of $50.00 beneath WA’s Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Rules 2014. The Division of Transport doesn’t implement these penalties, however WA Police has the authority to take action. 

Northern Territory: So far as we may see, there’s no particular legislation regarding failure to replace your licence particulars within the Northern Territory, although the NT’s Visitors Rules documentation states: “A driver who’s required to provide his or her licence or present his

or her private particulars should adjust to the requirement and should not give false or deceptive info.”

Additional, the offence “failure to provide licence when requested” may result in a $50 nice.

Australian Capital Territory: Canberrans may fall foul of some totally different legal guidelines, relying on the officer they cope with. Underneath the Highway Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, there are the next offences logged:

• Not apply as required for alternative driver licence after change of identify – $208 nice
• Not inform authority orally about change to dwelling tackle/tackle for service as required – $208 nice
• Not inform authority in writing about change to dwelling tackle/tackle for service as required – $208 nice
• Not apply as required for alternative for broken/misplaced/stolen/destroyed driver licence/public automobile driver authority card – $208 nice

Not supposed as authorized recommendation. Verify with the related roads authority in your state or territory.