Transport Certification Australia
OrganisationReferenced in 3 bills
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill overhauls heavy vehicle safety laws to make every party in the transport chain — not just drivers — legally responsible for safe operations, with jail terms of up to 5 years for reckless conduct. It also sets up the legal framework for Queensland's $100 million assistance package for taxi and limousine licence holders affected by ride-share competition, plus makes a range of administrative improvements to trucking regulation.
Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2015
This bill updates the Heavy Vehicle National Law to allow truck drivers to use electronic work diaries instead of paper records, and rewrites penalties so similar offences attract similar fines across Australia. It also creates new offences for tampering with modification plates and for using oversize vehicles without authority, and makes a range of smaller clarifying and enforcement changes.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill proposed two big changes: overhauling heavy vehicle safety law to make every party in the transport chain share a 'primary duty of care' with tough new penalties; and setting up the legal framework for $100 million in financial assistance to taxi and limousine licence holders after Queensland deregulated personalised transport. The bill was withdrawn and did not become law in this form — similar heavy vehicle reforms were passed in 2018.