Club Permit Rules Victoria: Logbook and Days
A club permit is a set of conditions as much as a piece of paper. Transport Victoria puts it plainly: a club permit lets you drive up to 45 or 90 days a year, anywhere in Australia, and “if you don’t follow club permit rules, you may be fined”. This page collects every condition in one place: the logbook, the 100 metre rule, what counts as a day, what you can and cannot use the vehicle for, and what happens when the rules are broken.
Every club permit rule in one table
Transport Victoria lists the conditions of holding a club permit and the rules for using the logbook. VicRoads adds the application and change-of-detail rules. Together they are the whole obligation.
| Rule | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Stay a member of an approved club | Membership must be current for the whole permit. If you switch clubs, VicRoads allows no gap longer than 14 days between memberships. |
| Keep a logbook of your trips | An entry every time you drive more than 100 metres from the garage address, written before you go. |
| Use only your 45 or 90 days | A day is a calendar day. Days do not roll over and cannot be borrowed from next year. |
| Carry and display the paperwork | Permit certificate inside the logbook cover, windscreen label attached, club permit plates fitted. |
| Carry the certificate of approved operations | Required in the vehicle if your permit has operating conditions attached. |
| Tell VicRoads about changes | Your name or address, the vehicle particulars, the vehicle being modified, or the garage address — within 14 days (reg 185(1)(f)). VicRoads publishes no fee for any of these updates. |
| Present for an audit inspection | VicRoads can ask you to bring the vehicle in; you must take it. |
| Every driver follows their own licence conditions | Learner and probationary rules apply to club permit vehicles like any other. |
| Meet the vehicle standards | Schedule 2 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021, plus VSI 8 and VSI 33 for modified vehicles and VSI 4 for motorcycles. |
The primary sources are Transport Victoria’s club permit rules and the VicRoads club permit pages. Read them alongside this guide; VicRoads can change a condition without changing this page.
45 days or 90 days, and what a day is
A day is a calendar day, not a 24-hour block and not a trip. Transport Victoria is explicit: “if your trip spans before and after midnight, put an entry in your log book for each day.” A Saturday afternoon run and a Saturday evening drive home are one day. Leaving at 11pm and getting home at 1am is two.
Multiple drivers on the same day still cost one day: “if you drive a vehicle multiple times in a day, only record the first use by the first driver.” So a morning drive to a show and a partner driving it home that evening is a single entry.
| 45-day permit | 90-day permit | |
|---|---|---|
| Days of use per year | 45 | 90 |
| Roughly | Most weekends of the show season | Most weekends of the year |
| Paid to VicRoads (car, incl. TAC, logbook and plates) | $135.70 | $220.60 |
| Club Plate Co membership (per year) | $99 | $99 |
| Suits | Shows, club runs, fine Sundays | Regular weekend use and touring |
Fees checked 5 September 2026 against the VicRoads permit fees page. VicRoads sets and revises these figures, normally each July — confirm the current amount before you pay.
You pick the period when the permit is issued and VicRoads renews it “for a period of either 45 or 90 days, depending on your current permit period”. It also has a process to extend or change the period of use, which is the route from 45 to 90. Our pricing page compares the two totals.
How to fill in the club permit logbook
Transport Victoria’s logbook rules are short enough to quote in full, and they are the rules most often broken:
- “Attach a club permit to the club log book.”
- “Complete a log book entry every time you drive the vehicle more than 100 metres from its garage address. If you drive a vehicle multiple times in a day, only record the first use by the first driver.”
- “If your trip spans before and after midnight, put an entry in your log book for each day.”
- “Don’t write log book entries for future journeys.”
The pre-filling trap
Filling in a week of rally dates on the Friday before is the single most common breach. The rule bans entries for future journeys, so every entry has to be made on the day, before the first drive. Carry a pen in the car. If you get to the end of a rally and realise the logbook is blank, do not backfill it; the entries were never valid.
What a good entry looks like
Write the date and the odometer reading before you leave, and sign it. Keep the book in the vehicle with the club permit certificate inside its cover. Police and VicRoads can ask to see it at the roadside, and an unentered day is the fault they find first.
Where and why you can drive
On a logged day, purpose is not restricted. There is no rule confining you to club events, and no rule against driving to work, to the shops or on a holiday. What is limited is the number of days, not what you do with them.
- Anywhere in Australia. Transport Victoria says a club permit lets you drive “up to 45 or 90 days per year, anywhere in Australia”, so driving interstate on your Victorian club permit is ordinary use. Log every calendar day away. Driving interstate on a Victorian club permit covers what a long trip does to your days and logbook.
- Within 100 metres of the garage address. Moving the car on and off the driveway, or up the street to wash it, does not need an entry. Past 100 metres it does.
- Parked on the street. The permit is about driving, not storage. A club permit vehicle can sit legally parked on a public street on a day it is not driven.
- Towing. “You can tow a trailer or caravan using a vehicle with a club permit. The vehicle you are towing must be registered, and the driver must follow their licence conditions.”
- Other drivers. Anyone with an appropriate licence can drive it. They must follow their own licence conditions, which is what catches learner and probationary drivers. Who can drive a club permit car sets out the two conditions and who fills in the logbook.
What you cannot do
- Hire or reward. Regulation 186 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021 is the binding rule, and it names two things: a club permit vehicle must not be used “for hire or reward for the carriage of goods or freight”, and must not be used “to provide a commercial passenger vehicle service”. Penalty: 10 penalty units. Transport Victoria separately asks the public to report anyone “using their club permit vehicle for commercial purposes”, a phrase it does not define anywhere — so where a particular arrangement sits, ask VicRoads rather than us.
- Modifying beyond vehicle standards. Also a reportable breach, and grounds for VicRoads to demand a roadworthy certificate or VASS approval certificate, or to send the vehicle for inspection. See modified vehicles.
- Driving on an expired permit. “If your existing permit has expired, you can’t drive the vehicle until you’ve got your renewal receipt.”
- Driving after your membership lapses. Club membership is a condition of the permit, so an unpaid subscription can leave the vehicle effectively unpermitted.
- Probationary drivers in performance-modified vehicles. Probationary drivers cannot drive a vehicle “modified by someone other than the manufacturer to increase the vehicle’s performance. This includes cars with a club permit.”
- Left-hand-drive vehicles at night unless the required lights and lamps, including dipping headlamps, are suitable for right-hand driving.
Running out of days
Days do not carry over, and there is no way to buy extras mid-period. If you are burning through a 45-day permit by September, you have four honest options.
- Park the vehicle until the permit renews and the allowance resets.
- Ask VicRoads to extend or change the period of use and move to 90 days.
- Move to 90 days at your next renewal, which is the cheaper version of the same change.
- Put the vehicle on full registration if you have started using it as a daily driver. That is the honest answer for a car doing five days a week.
What you cannot do is keep driving and stop logging. The logbook is the evidence, and a thin logbook on a car with high annual kilometres is exactly what an audit inspection looks for.
Fines, suspension and cancellation
Transport Victoria states the consequence twice, in different words. On the rules: “If you don’t follow club permit rules, you may be fined.” On the standards: “If you don’t follow these rules, VicRoads may suspend or cancel your club permit.”
Between those two sit the practical enforcement steps. VicRoads can require an audit inspection. It can ask for a roadworthy certificate or a VASS approval certificate, or send the vehicle to a nominated testing site or an authorised officer for inspection. And it accepts public reports of commercial use and over-modification.
Beyond VicRoads, a lapsed permit or an unlogged day can affect an insurance claim, because most policies for club permit vehicles assume the permit conditions are being met. The FAQ covers insurance and the other questions this raises.
Club permit rules FAQ
How many days can you drive on Club Rego Vic?
Forty-five or ninety days a year, depending on the permit you hold. You choose the period when the permit is issued and VicRoads renews it “for a period of either 45 or 90 days, depending on your current permit period”. A day is a calendar day, and each one has to be written in the logbook before you drive.
Can you daily drive a car on Club Rego?
No. Even a 90-day permit gives you fewer than two days of use a week, and every day you drive more than 100 metres from the garage address must be logged. There is no limit on why you drive on a logged day, so a commute is allowed, but the allowance runs out in a few months of daily use.
How much can I drive my car on Club Rego?
As far as you like on a logged day. The Victorian scheme counts days, not kilometres: there is no distance cap in the club permit rules. Transport Victoria says a club permit “lets you drive your car up to 45 or 90 days per year, anywhere in Australia”. Unlogged movement is limited to 100 metres from the garage address.
How far can you drive on Club Rego?
Anywhere in Australia. Transport Victoria states the permit covers driving “anywhere in Australia”, so an interstate trip on your Victorian club permit is a normal use of a logged day. There is no kilometre limit and no radius from home. Log the day before you leave, and log each calendar day the trip spans.
What are the rules for club registered vehicles in Victoria?
Stay a financial member of an approved club, keep the logbook, use only your 45 or 90 days, keep the permit certificate in the logbook cover and the label on the windscreen, tell VicRoads within 14 days if the vehicle or garage address changes, present the vehicle for an audit inspection if asked, and keep it to vehicle standards.
What are the rules for getting a club permit in Victoria?
The vehicle must be more than 25 years old, carry a stamped VIN or chassis number, meet the standards for its year of manufacture and not be a statutory write-off. You must already be a member of an approved club, and a club official signs your forms. Full detail is on our eligibility page.
What are the rules for getting a car club permit in Victoria?
Same scheme, same rules, whichever club you use. VicRoads decides eligibility and issues the permit; the club only confirms membership and signs the Vehicle eligibility and standards declaration. A club official “can only sign if the roadworthy certificate is current and within 30 days of the application”. Clubs cannot add or waive VicRoads rules.
What are the rules for club registration in Victoria?
Strictly there is no club registration in Victoria. There is a club permit, which VicRoads describes as “an alternative to regular vehicle registration for eligible historic vehicles”. That difference is why it carries a day allowance, a logbook, maroon plates and conditions of use that ordinary registration does not.
Can I tow a trailer with a club permit vehicle?
Yes. Transport Victoria says “you can tow a trailer or caravan using a vehicle with a club permit. The vehicle you are towing must be registered, and the driver must follow their licence conditions.” The trailer needs its own registration or its own club permit. See trailers and motorhomes.
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