The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is transitioning heavy vehicle regulation services to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) on April 20, 2024 as part of a national reform program to improve road safety outcomes.
The NHVR was established as a statutory authority to administer the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
From 20 April, the NHVR will be responsible for heavy vehicle related compliance and enforcement activities in Queensland, with those staff transferring from TMR becoming the regulator’s newest employees.
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NHVR is another corporation with ABN 48 557 596 718 and is listed as a State
Government Entity.
TMR will be responsible for policing vehicles up to 4.5 tonnes and after that NHVR steps in. Queensland truck companies we have spoken to are unsure how their vehicles and drivers will be treated under national regulations but surely it could be no worse than under Queensland’s notorious ‘Mermaids’.
Queensland is the final jurisdiction to transition these services to the NHVR. New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory have already transitioned. Western Australia and the Northern Territory have not adopted the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
The transferring employees from TMR will not be state government or federal government employees. They will be employees of the NHVR, a national independent regulator and employed by the NHVR to perform heavy vehicle compliance and enforcement activities under the HVNL.
It is anticipated that there will be no impact to services for customers and/or the community as a result of the transition.
The National Services Transition is designed to improve road safety outcomes by ensuring a standardised, national approach to heavy vehicle compliance. TMR will continue to deliver compliance and enforcement activities regarding light vehicle passenger transport and light vehicle standards requirements in Queensland. TMR will continue to work closely with the NHVR to promote road safety initiatives both at the state and national level.
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