Changes to vehicle licensing

From 1 January 2006, the owner of a licensed vehicle (the person whose name appears on the vehicle licence) will be responsible for identifying who was in charge of their vehicle at any given time.

This responsibility is called ‘owner onus’. It places the onus (the responsibility) on the vehicle owner to identify who was driving their vehicle at the time of a traffic offence.

This means there will be a number of changes to the way vehicles licences can be issued or transferred.