Who is more likely to lose a load on a public road, a truckie or tradie?
A Tradie uses public roads for a commercial benefit, ie to get to a work site with their materials and tools. A truckie uses a public road to deliver goods to a site.
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Chain of Responsibility Reasonable Steps Defence
The NSW Supreme Court has upheld the decision that a vehicle operator could not claim the “reasonable steps” defence after a breach of the mass requirement of the Road Transport (Vehicle & Driver & Management) Act because he did not check that a forklift operator had loaded the truck as instructed. The most common question […]
Why Chain of Responsibility should apply it to all Commercial Vehicles?
This is why Western Australia got it right! They recognised the limitations of the national Chain of Responsibility laws and removed the 4.5 tonne GVM application limit.
Compliance and Enforcement (Chain of Responsibility) impacts on Sub Contractor Management.
The Western Australian the new Compliance and Enforcement (Chain of Responsiblity) will have significant impacts on Sub Contractor Management.
Australian Specialist on Chain of Responsibility Legislation
Mike Wood is the recognised Australian Specialist on Chain of Responsibility Legislation and its Impacts upon the Logistic Industry. Since 2003, Mike has been heavily involved in Chain of Responsibility (known as Compliance and Enforcement in Western Australia). Mike is frequently interviewed or comment sort by Australian Media outlets, as well as providing expert witness […]
What are Container Weight Declarations (Chain of Responsibility Risk)
Get Container Weight Declarations (CWD) wrong and you are facing a serious Chain of Responsiblity legal risk. Article explains what are CWD? And what do you need to do?