Register an imported aircraft

There are rules to register an imported aircraft in Australia.

Before you submit your form

You must supply official notification from the relevant authority of de-registration or non-registration, either:

• from the national aviation or sporting authority of the originating country for imported aircraft
• from an Australian sporting association for previously registered aircraft
• from the Department of Defence for aircraft previously registered with the Australian State Register.

Registration marks

To nominate a specific registration mark, you must reserve that mark from our list of available marks.

If you do not reserve a mark, we will allocate and available mark.

Statutory declaration

You must provide a statutory declaration when the:

• official notification is more than 3 months old
• cancellation of the aircraft's registration was more than 3 months ago.

The statutory declaration should outline aircraft's whereabouts and operations since either:

• its de-registration
• the issue of its non-registration notice.

The declaration also needs to state that the aircraft has not been on the register of any other country since the cancellation or issue of the non-registration notice.

You cannot have aircraft registered in 2 countries at the same time.

Submit your statutory declaration along with your application.

Read more on statutory declarations.