The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator recently released a Registration Services module as part of changes to Chain of Responsibility (CoR) duties in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) which began at the start of the month. The module can be found on the NHVR’s website. The module is a free service for operators from each state and territory, except the Northern Territory, with registered fleets able to access and monitor their vehicle and registration details. Registration Services is the third online module as part of the regulators portal. The first is the Customer module and the second Road Manager module. These modules are aimed at helping parties in the supply chain comply with their CoR obligations. The Registration Services module lets users confirm that details recorded by transport authorities align with their own records; check registration changes and transfers have been processed correctly; forecast registration renewals and costs; as well as download or print vehicle records to provide to other parties in the supply chain. NHVR Ceo Sal Petroccitto explained,

“This is a free service which will allow operators to confirm details recorded with transport authorities, check registration transfers and changes, and download or print vehicle records to provide to other parties in their supply chain,” “We’ve also released a series of videos to assist operators to use the Registration Services module.” Source: https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1810/new-nhvr-module-to-assist-operators-in-cor-obligations

The regulator reminded people that information on the portal is read-only and changes to registration details or payments should be directed through the relevant state and territory authorities. The changes to Heavy Vehicle National Law which came into effect on 1 October 2018, meaning that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain be held responsible for the safety of their specific transport activities from driver to scheduler and so on. The law places an obligation on each party to, where reasonably practicable, eliminate or minimise risk and harm. Visit https://www.nhvr.gov.au for more.