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Registration and Licensing

Objective

Assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to improve the security and integrity of vehicle registration and driver licensing systems and to promote national consistency.

Key themes
  • Data integrity – national consistency and accuracy
  • Using technology to improve data security
  • Data exchange
  • Managing access to information
Task force

The role of the registration and licensing task force is to assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to improve the security and integrity of vehicle registration and driver licensing systems and to promote national consistency. The work of the task force is undertaken in the context of an increasing importance in the security and integrity of information contained in registration and licensing data. The task force is also the NEVDIS (National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System) management group.

Smartcard Driver Licence Interoperability Protocol (SLIP)

The SLIP working group reports to the Austroads registration and licensing task force. The SLIP working group has been given the specific task of achieving smartcard based driver licence interoperability, via the use of appropriate standards and specifications.

Queensland Transport is currently assessing the feasibility of upgrading its existing driver licence to a smartcard, to reduce fraud and increase privacy for licence holders. While other Australian jurisdictions do not currently have plans to implement smartcard driver licences, all have acknowledged the importance of continued mutual recognition and interoperability of driver licences when Queensland makes the transition. The mechanism for carrying out this work will be a nationally agreed document known as the Smartcard Licence Interoperability Protocol (SLIP). Once agreed, this protocol may progress to a formal Australian Standard.


Contact details

Program Manager:

David Stuart-Watt
Director, Licensing, Registration & Freight 
Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW

Program Support:

Emma Chandler
Austroads Program Assistant
Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW
PO Box K198
Haymarket  NSW 2000
Phone: +61 2 9218 6245
Fax: +61 2 9218 6626
Email: emma_chandler@rta.nsw.gov.au

Approved Projects in 2007/08


Number Title
RO1078 National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System (NEVDIS)
RO1139 Security and Identity Management - Driver Licence
RS1198 NEVDIS Information Strategy Plan 2008-2013
RS1199 Use & Application of Motor Vehicle Registration Labels
RS1200 Driver Licence Exchange of Information Systems
RS1201 Enhancing the National Written-Off Vehicle Register
RS1202 Performance Indicators for the Delivery of Registration and Licensing Services
RS1209 Access to Registration Data on NEVDIS
RS1341 Removing Engine Numbers as Vehicle Identifiers
RS1342 National Recognition of Road Worthiness Procedures
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