AOMC November Delegates' Meeting & 2017 Annual General Meeting

Minutes of the AOMC Delegates Meeting on 26th August 2017 at Darnum.

The Delegates Meeting was held at the Darnum Memorial Hall in Darnum, and was hosted by the Trafalgar Truck Restorers' Club whose Members also provided the excellent lunch and afternoon tea.

Club Management Seminar 2017 Programme - Now Available

Attendees at our recent AOMC Club Management Seminar 2017 can download the full programme and speaker contact details here. 

Restoration Services Seminar Programme - Now Available

Attendees at our recent Restoration Services Seminar of 22/7 can download the full programme and speaker contact details here. 

BADGES Available

 National Motoring Heritage Days 2011-17. Badges are available from the AOMC Office 9558 4829(from $15 ea plus $1.40 P&P please telephone or Email to confirm prices).  P&P reduced for a number of badges

CPS Renewal Dates

We have received reports of CPS renewal dates incorrectly or not entered.  The VicRoads counter staff need to manually enter the following year's date of expiry.  Therefore if you are making a personal visit to a VicRoads office to renew your Club Permit check the details before you leave the counter.

CPS Handbook Amendments for April 2017

The CPS handbook has been updated.

This revised issue contains many changes to the previous version.  It is highly recommended reading for all owners (and prospective owners) of CPS vehicles.  

Additions & amendments may be downloaded below and printed for insertion into the handbook. Keep an updated copy in your CPS vehicle !!  

Your Club should have bulk copies of the new handbook. (If not, then have your club contact the AOMC Office for bulk discounts) 

AOMC August Delegates' meeting

The AOMC August Delegates' meeting was held in Seymour and over 170 people heard VicRoads representatives speak on the future of the CPS and respond to questions on the M plate.

Check your CPS Renewal date!

The AOMC has received many reports from member clubs of CPS holders NOT receiving their renewal notices or receiving them late. This has resulted in the vehicle becoming UNREGISTERED. This means that the driver of the vehicle is liable for a large fine if found to be driving the vehicle while the CPS is not valid! We understand that VicRoads allows only a short period of grace for renewal. If this is exceeded then the vehicle is considered unregistered and will need to undergo a Roadworthy Test before reregistering on the CPS.

VicRoads advise that the process of issuing CPS renewal notices has been "contracted out" and that renewal notices are now typically sent to owners about 4 weeks before expiry (in contrast to fully registered vehicles where renewals are sent out about 6 weeks before expiry).

Clubs are strongly reminded to alert their members that responsibility for registration of a vehicle is with the owner and that they should check their renewal dates. The AOMC also recommends that Club Permit Officers monitor their CPS records and alert members if the CPS Officer has not received the renewal notice for countersigning within say a couple of weeks before expiry.

If an owner has not received their CPS renewal notice within say 2 weeks of expiry then they should take the receipt of their previous payment to a VicRoads office and request that a new renewal notice be generated on the spot. The AOMC has received reports that although the owner may have made a payment and received a receipt, the payment has not been processed in the CPS database and the vehicle is recorded as unregistered hence no renewal notice is generated for the following year.

The AOMC is also aware that not receiving a renewal notice for the year following a new CPS vehicle registration can occur where during the original processing of the CPS application the date of issue was entered as the date of expiry. That is, the permit expires at 12 midnight on the date of issue and therefore a renewal notice is NOT generated 11 months later. Owners putting a vehicle on the CPS for the first time should check the expiry dates on the label and logbook.

Note that changes of address need to be advised to VicRoads for all vehicles and driver's licences. As the CPS vehicles are recorded on a separate database from the fully registered vehicles and driver's licences these address changes need to be separately advised to VicRoads for the CPS vehicles.

The above issues have been formally raised with VicRoads by the AOMC.