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ROVER Release 11 outage period
ROVER will be unavailable from 3 pm to 10.30 pm AEST on Wednesday 10 June 2026 while we deploy changes to the portal.
You can submit vehicles to the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) during this time; however, they will not be processed until after ROVER goes live.
Lists of approvals will remain available throughout the outage period.
What will change 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 will include a new RAV correction landing page and revised form for submitting correction requests. The process will be streamlined—users will only need to complete one form for all RAV corrections, removing the distinction between key and non-key fields. AVVs will use the same form to submit correction requests. They will be able to access the new RAV correction landing page via the AVV page in ROVER.
- Motive power fields: The list of options will be aligned across all ROVER applications to ensure consistency with the options available for RAV submissions. The motive power field in draft applications will need to be updated after ROVER Release 11.
- 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 will store 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. This change starts with the second approved variation application and only to applications approved after Release 11. Compliance Information form PDFs and summary application PDFs will continue to include comprehensive and transparent listings of all file names and associated details.
- 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
A range of resources will be available to support ROVER users with the changes being introduced in Release 11.
We will add new and updated resources as the release date approaches, including guides and a template that supports the RAV correction process. We will also share details about a demonstration event that shows how to submit a RAV correction request in ROVER.