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The NHVR’s dedicated compliance and enforcement team plan and undertake compliance, monitoring and regulatory activities to assist and encourage industry, including all parties in the Chain of Responsibility, to operate in a safe and compliant manner under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
Our compliance and enforcement activities include education, on-road compliance monitoring, off-road regulatory activities, investigations into alleged contraventions of the HVNL, as well as any resulting intervention or enforcement responses.
Safety and Compliance Officers (SCOs) are employed directly by the NHVR and perform heavy vehicle on-road compliance and enforcement activities under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). SCO services are currently provided by the NHVR in:
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
SCO services will also be provided by the NHVR in Queensland from 20 April 2024.
Compliance and Enforcement
- Compliance and Enforcement Policy (PDF, 321KB) - Outlines the principles that guide the NHVR’s compliance monitoring and enforcement activities.
- Regulatory Intervention Strategy (PDF, 4.9MB) - The NHVR adopts four intervention approaches that apply risk profiles to sectors of the heavy vehicle industry based on the nature of the risk, the industry participant’s attitude towards safety and their history of compliance.
