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RVS guides and resources

ROVER guide: Amending a non-key error on the RAV

This guide will take you through the steps on how to notify the department of one or more non-key field errors on the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV), for example, the value for tare, carbon dioxide emissions and motive power.

ROVER guide: Amending a key error on the RAV

This guide will take you through the steps on how to notify the department of one or more key field errors on the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV), such as the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), the RAV entry pathway or the approval number.

ROVER guide: Add a Model Report scope

This guide takes you through the steps on how to add a Vehicle Scope in a Model Report application after 22 May 2025.

List of motive power options and definitions

This document contains a list of motive power options on the Register of Approved Vehicles and their definitions.

What's new? What's different? ROVER Release 9.3

This What's new? What's different? guide is a visual overview of key changes in ROVER Release 9.3 being deployed in May 2025. In this release, we will be removing the engine stroke field from Road Vehicle Descriptors and enabling users to request updates to embargo dates.

Guide to varying approvals in ROVER

This guide tells you:

Guide to the Register of Approved Vehicles

This guide explains what the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) is and how it fits within the context of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

RAV submission template

RAV submission template—CSV (330 bytes)
RAV submission template-CSV—2025 (440 bytes)
Use either of these templates (in CSV format) when you submit road vehicles for entry on the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV).

Example of an XML file

This is an example of an XML file that includes fictional information and it is being provided for illustration purposes only. 

Guide to SPVs—Concessional RAV entry approvals

This guide describes the graduated pathway special purpose vehicles (SPVs) must follow to be granted a concessional RAV entry approval. It also outlines the ADRs they must comply with at each stage of the pathway.