The HVNL's ‘Big Five' CoR compliance system components

Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), it is mandatory for businesses to have compliant 'business practices' in place. A party in the chain of responsibility may breach the HVNL if they fail to have these mandatory business practices, even where no incident or accident occurs.

Summary of mandatory 'business practices'

Under the primary duty contained in section 26C of the HVNL, parties in the chain of responsibility must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety of the party's transport activities. 'Transport activities' means activities associated with the use of a heavy vehicle on a road and is defined to include conduct (such as consigning, packing, loading and receiving goods) and expressly includes a party's 'business practices'. 'Business practices' are defined to include: