Club Permit Costs Explained

There are two separate costs involved in getting a vehicle onto the VicRoads Club Permit Scheme: what VicRoads charges for the permit itself, and what your club charges for membership. This page breaks down both, plus what you'd typically pay elsewhere.

Become a Member

VicRoads fees

These fees go to VicRoads directly, every club permit holder in Victoria pays them regardless of which club they belong to.

	45-day permit	90-day permit
TAC charge	$60.50	$117.70
Permit fee	$27.60	$55.30
Logbook	$3.40	$3.40
Total	$91.50	$176.40

On top of the above, a one-off number plate fee applies when you first join the scheme, and you've got a choice of two styles. Here's an example of how each looks and what it costs:

Both are a one-off cost when you first join, not an annual fee. Slimline plates suit classic and historic vehicles, they're a bit more aesthetic and give an older-style look a lot of owners prefer, but either style is fully compliant.

What your club charges

This is the part that varies significantly. With Traf's Club:

That's the entire membership cost. No meeting levies, no administration fees, no charges for paperwork turnaround.

How that compares to a typical club

Most car clubs running the Club Permit Scheme charge somewhere between $100 and $150 or more just to join, before any annual renewal. Beyond the joining fee, the bigger cost for a lot of clubs isn't monetary, it's compulsory meetings: attending in person, often multiple times a year, to keep your permit valid.

	Traf's Club	Most other clubs
First year membership	$5	$100-$150+
Annual renewal	$50	$60-$100+
Meetings required	Never compulsory	Often compulsory
Paperwork turnaround	24 hours	Can take weeks

Multiple vehicles

If you're putting more than one vehicle on Club Permit, each additional vehicle is $10 to join and $10 to renew, tracked against its own VicRoads permit date rather than bundled with your first vehicle's renewal.

Here's an example of how that plays out over time for two vehicles:

• September 2026 $5 to join with Vehicle 1
• March 2027 $10 to add Vehicle 2
• September 2027 $50 to renew Vehicle 1
• March 2028 $10 to renew Vehicle 2