Shared responsibility and the new Chain of Responsibility (CoR) laws for heavy vehicles

The express principle of shared responsibility (at section 26A) is one of the features of the new Chain of Responsibility (CoR) laws.

It states that:

1. The safety of transport activities relating to a heavy vehicle is the shared responsibility of each party in the chain of responsibility for the vehicle.
2. The level and nature of a party's responsibility for a transport activity depends on:
3. 1. the functions the person performs or is required to perform, whether exclusively or occasionally, rather than:
   2. 1. the person's job title; or
      2. the person's functions described in a written contract; and
   3. the nature of the public risk created by the carrying out of the transport activity; and