I sold a camper trailer in January. (to an IIS member)
I filled in the notice of disposal notification slip and personally delivered it to the RTA.
(BTW: I also own a box trailer).
April I get a Trailer Rego renewal and renew as normal for the box trailer. (At that time my box trailer is on loan to my brother who is moving). I send him the new rego label to affix to the trailer.
Some weeks later I get a letter from the RTA to say my trailer number plates have been handed in to police and my registration will be cancelled unless I contact them.
(At that time my trailer is still on loan to my brother, and who is notoriously careless with other peoples stuff). I assume he has lost the plates and not noticed or not told me.
I ring him and tell him thanks for losing my number plates. He checks.
The plates are still on the trailer. ???
I ring the RTA and tell them this and they say it is not uncommon for someone to mis-type plate numbers handed in. and I should just advise RTA.
Then... Upon second check, the number plate quoted is different.???
The Rego I paid, and the letter about the plates being handed in were in relation to the Camper Trailer I had sold months previously EVEN though I submitted the notice of disposal form.
The RTA confirm that the disposal form does not do anything in its own right and that unless the other party does a transfer request, the rego stays in your name.
Here is the annoying bit, the other party did get the rego transferred into his own name. BUT in Victoria! (I am in NSW). The RTA confirmed that NSW and VIC RTA are not linked !!!
Can I get a refund of the rego paid unnecessarily? NO we do not do refunds on trailers.
Yeah! Right! Lesson Learnt!
