{"id":817,"date":"2014-05-29T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/?p=817"},"modified":"2020-09-20T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T04:50:12","slug":"licence-and-pink-slip-changes-in-nsw-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/licence-and-pink-slip-changes-in-nsw-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Licence and pink slip changes in NSW &#8211; what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May has been a busy month for changes that make vehicle ownership easier for NSW drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Roads Minister Duncan Gay announced two\u00a0significant improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The introduction of 10-year drivers licences for drivers between the ages of 21 and 44<\/li>\n<li>The extension of the validity of light vehicle safety inspection reports (pink slips)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roads\u00a0Minister Duncan Gay said, &#8220;It\u2019s all about removing red tape to save people time and money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Currently all light vehicles, more than five years old require a pink slip in order to renew their registration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the end of this year pink slips will be valid for six months rather than six weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle owners will have more flexibility to choose a convenient time for their annual vehicle safety inspection, for example, when the service is done.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister alluded to only offering 10-year licences to those with good driving records, and didn&#8217;t elaborate what this meant, i.e. it could be that if you have had recent fines for speeding or other indiscretions that you might not be offered the 10-year option.<\/p>\n<p>The changes will save $3 million per year, which is approximately $1 for every motorist affected by the changes.<\/p>\n<p>To renew your registration, visit Roads and Maritime&#8217;s renewal page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rms.nsw.gov.au\/registration\/regorenewal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May has been a busy month for changes that make vehicle ownership easier for NSW drivers. Roads Minister Duncan Gay announced two\u00a0significant improvements: The introduction of 10-year drivers licences for drivers between the ages of 21 and 44 The extension<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/licence-and-pink-slip-changes-in-nsw-what-you-need-to-know\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[144,145,143],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-car","category-news","tag-drivers-licence","tag-duncan-gay","tag-pink-slip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}