Your vehicle needs to be checked to ensure and prove that it is in safe condition before it is put up for sale or used on public roads. This process is called roadworthy inspection. Your entire vehicle is thoroughly checked during the process against the Department of Main Roads and Transport check list. After the inspection, if the vehicle is deemed safe a roadworthy certificate will be issued to prove that the vehicle has passed the assessment. If it fails, the assessment and not in roadworthy condition a failed certificate detailing the defects at this time the vehicle should not be driven on the road and is uninsured the department of transport and main roads give you up to 14 days to get the repairs completed and within this time a final roadworthy inspection can be completed and if all defects are rectified a passed certificate will be issued.

Roadworthy certificates are required by the department of transport when you go to either transfer or re-registration a vehicle, or when changing states. As a seller you will be required to provide a valid roadworthy certificate at time of sale unless you are selling the vehicle unregistered, specified in your ad, and advised the buyer before purchase that you are selling the vehicle without a roadworthy. In the event you are buying an unregistered vehicle you will be required to do get roadworthy certificate to register the vehicle before driving on the road. Keep in mind that your roadworthy certificate only proves that your car is safe on public roads—it does not necessarily mean that it is in its most perfect and optimal condition.