Blue slip and rego guides

Guides to blue slips, rego and registering a vehicle in NSW.

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Rego and registration

What is a PPSR check?

A $2 search of the national register that shows if money is owing on a vehicle, or it’s been reported stolen or written off. How it works, and when to do one.

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Rego and registration

What vehicle inspections cost in NSW

Transport for NSW sets the most a station can charge for a pink slip, blue slip, design check or import. The fees for what we do, and what we charge.

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Rego and registration

How vehicle inspections work in NSW

Pink slips, blue slips and their identity checks, when a design check applies, imported vehicles and where a PPSR check fits, in plain words.

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Blue slips

How to book with Blue Slip Today

Book a blue slip, pink slip or service in five steps, then bring the vehicle in and pay at the workshop. What each step asks, and what to bring.

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Blue slips

Blue slips for unregistered vehicles in NSW

Your rego ran out more than three months ago, or the car has no plates. How the blue slip works, what it checks, what to bring and what happens next.

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Blue slips

When do you need a blue slip in NSW?

The six situations that call for a blue slip instead of a pink slip, from lapsed rego to interstate cars, missing plates and repaired write-offs.

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Blue slips

Do motorbikes need a blue slip?

The same rules as a car: a motorbike needs a blue slip when it isn’t registered in NSW, and a pink slip each year once it’s over five years old.

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Rego and registration

Blue slip or pink slip? How to tell

One question decides it: is the vehicle registered in NSW and you’re just renewing? Here’s where the line sits and the cases people get wrong.

Book your inspection

Pick a day and a time window, and your booking is confirmed straight away. You pay at the workshop.