LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR CAR CLUBS

Do you know what your car club needs to do to stay compliant and participate in the Historic and Classic Vehicle Schemes? Check out the December 2025edition of DRIVE Lite from TFNSW

Your club must be either a registered incorporated association in NSW under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009, or hold a current Certificate of Registration issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

Non-compliance with these obligations may result in cancellation of a club’s certificate of incorporation by NSW Fair Trading or a lapse in ASIC registration, making the club ineligible for the HVS or CVS. In addition, Transport may revoke a club’s approval to participate in the schemes where ongoing compliance is not met.

2026 CHMC YOUTH AWARDS ARE OPEN 

The  CHMC’s Youth Awards assist young enthusiasts with financial grants for projects involving either restoration, preservation, research or photography of historic vehicles

For more information - Youth Awards or your local CHMC NSW Affiliated Historic Vehicle Club

APPLICATIONS CLOSE  MARCH 1ST 2026

INSPIRING YOUNG RESTORER RECOGNISED WITH 2025 CHMC YOUTH AWARD In May the Council of Heritage Motor Clubs NSW  was pleased to announce Lachlan Holgate, a student from Wagga Wagga, as the recipient of the 2025 CHMC Youth Award Grant for his restoration project, a 1953 Willys Jeep CJ3B. Lachlan was nominated by the Wagga Wagga Veteran & Vintage Motor Club. "We are thrilled to support Lachlan.” said Jim Hatton, President of the CHMC. "His dedication to historic vehicles exemplifies the kind of future for the movement that we aim to foster through this program". Lachlan used his Award Grant to purchase parts needed in the restoration of his Willys jeep. At the CHMC Delegate's meeting at Cowra in October he displayed the jeep under restoration, and gave a talk on the work so far. Lachlan was alsoformally awarded his 2026 Youth Award Certificate. 

CHMC'S NEWSLETTER, DINKUM OIL IS EMAILED TO ALL MEMBER CLUBS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THEIR MEMBERS OR PUBLISHING IN THEIR MAGAZINES or websites

Past Issues  HERE

dinkum oil #35 KEY POINTS FROM CHMC MEETINGS, COWRA, 25 OCTOBER 2025

DINKUM OIL #34 SURVEY RRESULTS AND FUTURE CHMC RALLY FORMAT

DINKUM OIL #33 RALLY SURVEY FOR CHMC CLUBS AND MEMBERS
dinkum OIl #32 ANNOUNCES THE 2025 CHMC YOUTH AWARDEE, A YOUNG RESTORER FROM WAGGA WAGG
DINKUM OIL #31 summarises CHMC's SUCCESFUL 2025 CHMC Annual Rally, hosted by Dubbo Antique Automobile Club
DINKUM OIL #30 DELEGATES MEETING AT DUBBO - TALKS BY MATTHEW CAFE, MANAGER, PARTNERSHIPS; KATHLEEN COOK, MANAGER, ACCREDITATION; AND REBECCA CHAFFEY, SENIOR OFFICER FROM TRANSPORT FOR NSW (TFNSW)
DINKUM OIL #29 INTRODUCES THE REVISED HVS OPTIONS, ACCESSORIES & SAFETY ITEMS FROM TFNSW, february 2025

REGISTRATION MATTERS

REGISTERING YOUR HISTORIC OR CLASSIC VEHICLE NSW  

HISTORIC VEHICLE SCHEME (HVS) CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION IS FOR ORIGINAL OR RESTORED VEHICLE 30 YEARS AND OLDER

ALL CHMC AFFILIATED CLUBS ARE TFNSW APPROVED TO OFFER HVS REGISTRATION TO THEIR MEMBERS

CLASSIC VEHICLE SCHEME (CVS) CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION FOR SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED VEHICLES 30 YEARS AND OLDER REQUIRING CERTIFICATION AS DEFINED IN NSW VSI 6

CHMC AFFILIATED CLUBS MAY OFFER CVS THROUGH THE CHMC AS THEIR TFNSW APPROVED ORGANISATION (AO)

BOTH HVS & CVS Schemes offer the 60 Day Log Book optionMore information on our Registration pages
All CHMC clubs can provide assistance in registering your historic vehicle

hvs & cvs information FROM TFNsW

LOG BOOK & CLUB RUNS FACT SHEET

Developed by TfNSW in collaboration with the CHMC and other organisations, contains accurate information regarding use of Log Books & Club Runs

DRIVE Lite Newsletters 

are published by TFNSW and contain topical and important information for HVS & CVS vehicle operators. Sign up to receive the DRIVE Lite Historic & Classic Vehicle newsletters  

THE FUTURE FOR HISTORIC VEHICLES?

CHMC monitors issues, trends and developments that affect the future of historic vehicles and their operation. Our contacts, in Australia and internationally, include peak bodies in historic motoring, and operating heritage groupsand government agencies, through them we obtain factual and reliable information and have opportunities to advocate to them on the future of historic vehicles. For more informtion and news on fossil fuels for heritage vehicles;  calculating CO2 emission for historic vehicles; historic vehicles and the environment; and EV conversions of historic vehicles

THE COUNCIL OF HERITAGE MOTOR CLUBS N.S.W. INC. [CHMC] WAS FORMED IN 1970 TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF VETERAN, VINTAGE, POST-VINTAGE, historic and CLASSIC MOTOR CLUBS THROUGHOUT NEW SOUTH WALES

        club Members own, preserve and restore cars, trucks, motorbikes, buses, tractors and antique machinery that ARE over 30 years old. mEMBERS ALSO HAVE  "youngtimers" - i.e. VEHICLES just waiting till they are old enough to be classed as historic
 These members and their clubs keep alive the sights and sounds of the vehicles and machines that were an integral part of the automotive and transport history of Australia. Some of their vehicles are more than 100 years old, others are from the 1990s, some are rare, some are unique, and many are everyday vehicles from our nation's past. All are examples of our country's automotive culture and history. 

Heritage and historic vehicles are not still here with us by accident, they survive because someone has cared for them through time, or someone has rescued them -just in time

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