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ROVER Release 11 launch date
ROVER Release 11 went live on Wednesday 10 June 2026.
What changed in ROVER Release 11?
- New RAV validation: When submitting a vehicle for RAV entry via the concessional pathway, the 'Authorised by name' must match the recorded authorised vehicle verifier (AVV) approval holder name, including case, and the associated AVV approval must be in force.
- Requesting a RAV correction: ROVER includes a new RAV corrections landing page and revised form for submitting correction requests. The process has been streamlined—users will only need to complete one form for all RAV corrections because we have removed the distinction between key and non-key fields. AVVs will need to submit correction requests using the same form on the RAV page, rather than the AVV page.
- Motive power fields: The motive power field options are the same across all ROVER applications.
- Second stage vehicle type approval applications: The format to enter the first stage approval number will be 'VTA-XXXXXX' in an application. If it does not match this format or an existing approval, ROVER will return an error. Users will not be able to continue with the application until it has been fixed.
- Storage of supporting documents: ROVER stores only a single authoritative version of each unchanged supporting document for approved variation applications, while retaining all new or updated documents, including system-generated records.
- Authority to act expiry notifications: ROVER will send users 2 email reminders – one 6 weeks and one 7 days before their authority expires. ROVER will also send an email when an authority has expired.
ROVER Release 11 resources
- RAV corrections demonstration video: Watch this video on how to submit a RAV correction in ROVER and track its status.
- ROVER guide - What's new? What's different? Release 11: This guide provides a visual overview of key changes in this system release.
- Motive power options and definitions: Read the full list of motive power options and their definitions.
- Guide to the Register of Approved Vehicles: We’ve updated this guide to include information on the new RAV validation for the ‘Authorised by name’ field when submitting concessional vehicles to be entered on the RAV.
- Guidance note – Correcting information on the Register of Approved Vehicles: Read about the process of correcting entries on the RAV and the steps taken once the department determines an entry needs to be corrected.
- ROVER guide: Correcting information on the RAV: Follow these instructions on how to complete the RAV correction form in ROVER.
- ROVER template: Bulk RAV corrections: Use this template (in CSV format) to notify the department about multiple RAV entries containing errors.