RVS guides and resources

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 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.

Guidance note—Amending entries on the Register of Approved Vehicles

This guidance note explains how the department amends entries on the Register of Approved Vehicles and the steps taken once the department determines that an entry needs to be corrected.

Checklist for a Model Report application

Use this checklist to ensure you have all the required information for a Model Report approval application.

Guide to applying for a Model Report approval—Appendix 1—Information required in an application

Appendix 1 lists the broad questions asked in a Model Report approval application and outlines the information you need to provide or have in place to answer each question.

ROVER template: Bulk RAV amendment for key fields

Use this template (in CSV format) to notify the department about multiple entries on the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) that contain incorrect information in key fields—Vehicle Identification Number, approval number and RAV entry pathway.

ROVER template: Bulk RAV amendment for non-key fields

Use this template (in CSV format) to notify the department about which Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) entries have non-key field errors.

Guide to applying for a Model Report approval

This guide explains the important role Model Reports have as a key tool to support the entry of road vehicles on the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) via the vehicle type approval and concessional RAV entry approval pathways.

Guide to developing a Model Report for SEVs vehicles

This guide explains how to develop a Model Report for a registered automotive workshop (RAW) to use when modifying a vehicle on the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles (SEVs) Register. The guide includes information on what should be included in the 3 main parts of a Model Report:

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.