Thread: Qld registration categories for S3 LWB hardtop

It should be Class 1, not class 6.
Anyone telling you different is either mistaken or doens't know what they're talking about (including QT staff).
It's different because some muppet on the counter, doesn't know the regs and policy well enough.

Typical Qld beurocracy - the answer / interpretation you get depends entirely on who you're talking to at the time. And often they'll contradict themselves in a later conversation. Having quite a few licences & tickets for my trade, I see it all the time.
It drives you insane trying to get a straight answer, let alone an accurate one!

When I worked at Leyland Truck and bus, Rocklea we registered all LR's other than the four door wagons as utilities. Then a private reg. utility was the cheapest CTP classification.

You have the equivalent of a Toyota Troopie with seats - so what to Qld RTA classifiy the troopie as? I would have thought your landie would be the same.

Originally Posted by FenianEel

It should be Class 1, not class 6.
Anyone telling you different is either mistaken or doens't know what they're talking about (including QT staff).
It's different because some muppet on the counter, doesn't know the regs and policy well enough.

It was originally that the classification specified by suncorp as the ctp class was for a ute/panelvan. If suncorp specifies it as this QT can't/won't register it as a class 1. Yet under the previous owner it was a class 1, however transport told me this was wrong. Strangely it is more ctp to insure as a 3 seater than as a 12 seater - I would have thought 12 people injured in a rollover and suing your ctp would cost them more than 3, but who's to understand. My hope was to rectify it before rego renewal comes up in october, and apart from fitting an additional seat which I eventually want to do, I'm not sure how to go about it. My worry is that if the class is wrong and I do have an accident, they will certainly blame me anyway for the error.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

When I worked at Leyland Truck and bus, Rocklea we registered all LR's other than the four door wagons as utilities. Then a private reg. utility was the cheapest CTP classification.

They won't classify it as a ute since it doesn't have a seperate cab. Plus it is harder to fit seats later on if classed as a ute according to them.

Originally Posted by pfillery

...now it is classed as a van or panel van, ...

This.

My (Qld Registered) IIA 109" Hardtop was originally registered as a panel van, until I converted it to a utility. So was/is my father's IIA 88".

The hardtop body type is closer to a van/panel van than any other type. Plenty of (panel) vans have side windows and seats in the back.

Originally Posted by garrycol

You have the equivalent of a Toyota Troopie with seats - so what to Qld RTA classifiy the troopie as? I would have thought your landie would be the same.

A Series 3 can be registered as a car, a van, a ute, or even an Omnibus (for a 10 seater stage 1).

Originally Posted by pfillery

They won't classify it as a ute since it doesn't have a seperate cab. Plus it is harder to fit seats later on if classed as a ute according to them.

Doesn't need a seperate cab, to be classed as a ute.
The fact that it will be, or was registered as a ute, is irrelevant to the requirements of adding seats later.

Originally Posted by pfillery

It was originally that the classification specified by suncorp as the ctp class was for a ute/panelvan. If suncorp specifies it as this QT can't/won't register it as a class 1. Yet under the previous owner it was a class 1, however transport told me this was wrong. Strangely it is more ctp to insure as a 3 seater than as a 12 seater - I would have thought 12 people injured in a rollover and suing your ctp would cost them more than 3, but who's to understand. My hope was to rectify it before rego renewal comes up in october, and apart from fitting an additional seat which I eventually want to do, I'm not sure how to go about it. My worry is that if the class is wrong and I do have an accident, they will certainly blame me anyway for the error.

CTP class be changed before renewal, and it's QT who have the final call on what class it is, not the Insurer, when it gets registered/renewed.
You can also change CTP insurer at any time before renewal as well.

Fit the additional seat, getting a mod plate for it, take it to QT, and there is no way they could register it as a class 6.