Changes to the Chain of Responsibility (CoR) laws are coming in mid 2018. These changes align CoR laws more closely with workplace health and safety laws.
“The aim of COR is to make sure everyone in the supply chain shares equal responsibility for ensuring breaches of the HVNL do not occur. Under COR laws if you named as a party in the chain of responsibility and you exercise (or have the capability of exercising) control or influence over any transport task, you have a responsibility to ensure the HVNL is complied with.
The law recognises that multiple parties may be responsible for offences committed by the drivers and operators of heavy vehicles. A person may be a party in the supply chain in more than one way. For example they may have duties as the employer, the operator and the consigner of goods.
Legal liability applies to all parties for their actions or inactions.”
Source: National Heavy Vehicle Regulator website
Read about your role in the Chain of Responsibility in the NHVR publication
Source: National Heavy Vehicle Regulator website
At Transport Compliance Safety Training we aim to provide clients with a full awareness of their legal responsibility and social accountability under National Heavy Vehicle Laws and assist to integrate these laws with Workplace Health & Safety Laws.
Transport Compliance Safety Training Courses available
TLIF 0001 Apply COR Legislation General Staff
TLIF 0002 Administer COR Policy & procedure Line Managers & Supervisor
TLIF 0003 Develop & Implement Policy & Procedure to ensure COR compliance CEO Directors