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Mini Car Club of New South Wales
Restoration

The Mini Car Club of NSW is full of enthusiastic members with restoration projects at various stages of completion. For members who are interested in restoring Minis or joining the Historic Plate Scheme, the Mini Enthusiasts Meetings are held monthly and talk informally about all aspects of restoring Minis. Contact the Club or view the coming events page for more details on these meetings.

Historic Conditional Registration in NSW

THE HISTORY & BASIS
This scheme replaced the former “club plates” in 2002. It is registration with conditions on the use and type of vehicles. “Club Plates” were a 12-month permit to move an unregistered vehicle. The current HCRS has far more legal status and rights with the benefits of less work and costs for the clubs involved. The vehicle owner enters an agreement with the RTA, much the same as a conventional registration. The club provides proof that the owner and his/her vehicle comply with the regulations and the club or clubs create the events, or authorisations, whereby the vehicle may be used on the public road.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Individuals
You must be a member of an RTA registered and recognised club before you can apply to the RTA for HCRS on your vehicle. Some clubs have by-laws requiring membership for a set period before you can apply, and others may not. If you are not a member of a club, then check our member list on this site. Find a club which suits your marque of vehicle or the area you live in and contact them to enquire about membership, their rules and the type/range of events they have each year.

Please click HERE to read the Mini Car Club historic registration rules.

Vehicles
30 years old is the first and major criteria. You do not have to work to the exact month of manufacture; just the year on the compliance plate.
As close to original as possible is the next. That should be clearly interpreted as unmodified, apart from such items as seat belts and turn indicators (blinkers), if the vehicle did not have them when new. Another clause allows “period options and accessories if desired”.

Vehicle Use
You are permitted to take the vehicle on authorised club events or runs. These events should be publicised in your club’s magazine or other means of communication to members, such as a website. That means from your home or place of garaging, directly to the start of the event. Complete the event and then directly home again.
A current club magazine or list of events should be carried in the vehicle at all times.