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 COR NHVL obligations
New NHVL obligations are now eighteen months old, have you reassessed the COR safety management plan for your buisiness?
Under the HVNL one must ensure everyone deemed in the "chain" are on the same COR compliance page. All parties associated with the road transport task must be deemed competent to do the task they are asked to perform, if the activity involves a heavy vehicle of 4.5 tons GVM or over. NHVL & COR awareness is imposed upon the management & workers of any business using or contolling heavy vehicles or buses & coaches 12 seats and over (10 seats Vic) Management & executives activities associated with the road transport task using heavy vehicles must ensure they excercise active due dilligence & do hold a primary duty of care to assure compliance over that which they have control or influence. A positive due diligence means as an owner / operator or as an influencing party such as a consignor or consignee does not cause or contribute to a COR breach. A direct on road responsibility applies to consignors & consignee such as but not limited to operators /owners of construction sites & building sites, warehouses, ports, depots, & retailers a legislated responsibility applies for the loaders - packers - scheduling & all that may have a direct on road responsibility, to ensure all loads & goods are carried by fit for purpose vehicles and loads are secured appropriatly before a said vehicles can be deemed safe to be on the road or recieved
More info?... Contact 0434 408 127
Are you prepared if a breach of the National Heavy Vehicle Law is linked to your activities? If not... call us Mbl: 0434 408 127
  • The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator is enforcing Chain of Responsibility COR and may conduct spot audits on your business without notice.
  • Things have changed example...
  • the Heavy Vehicle Confidential Reporting Line (HVCRL)
  • Tel. 1800 931 785
  • The NHVR's secure national confidential reporting service anyone can anonomously report operational safety issues relating to heavy vehicle transport activities. This hot line is operated by the NHVR.
  • (prosecutions have been prompted already). As a owner, director, or manager using or operating heavy road transport 4.5T GVM and over or buses and coaches now has a a primary duty of care and a positive due dilligence obligation to safety management systems. This obligation is replacing the old "reasonable steps defense" HVNL imposes upon management and executive officers a reasonably practiable test, essentially a constant requirement to assess and manage speed management, load restraint, mass and dimensions, fatigue management, and vehicle standards risks.
  • Penalties have been significantly increased (upto $3M for corps and or gaol sentences) and liability extended to all management levels irrespective of your "rank" or "job title".

  • HVNL legislation is all about the things you do your activities...the management and performance of your logistiics chain safety management system.
  • Active due dilligence, observations, reporting, and recording are now your responsibility. COR safety management system must now be demonstrated, and monitored, HVNL authorised officers can instigate COR audits without an actual breach having occurred, simply to check you have a safety management system, and that SMS is working.
  • If you are in any way unsure that the COR risk exixts in your business it is now time to assess and check you are compliant, risk management is not run by accident, it is planned, monitored and implimented.
  • Contact us M 0434 408127
  • if you would like to strengthen the chain.
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Penalties, active due diligence and a duty of care apply and may be imposed upon all executives associated with the road transport task if using or controlling heavy vehicles. 4.5 T GVM and over includes Buses and coaches