The following bulletins provide practical advice to heavy vehicle drivers and operators on compliance and enforcement assessment and procedures.
- Compliance bulletin 1 – Restricted access vehicles (PDF, 163KB) - definitions of Class 1, 2 and 3 heavy vehicles, including mass and dimension limits and breaches of notices and permits.
- Compliance bulletin 2 – Heavy vehicle mass assessment (PDF, 201KB) - advice on mass requirements and information about some of the methods used to assess compliance.
- Compliance bulletin 3 – Heavy vehicle dimension assessment (PDF, 142KB) - advice on dimension requirements and information about some of the methods used to assess compliance.
- Compliance bulletin 4 – Heavy vehicle defects (PDF, 96KB) - advice on vehicle standards and defect notice requirements, including how to clear a defect notice and self-clearing defect notices.
- Compliance bulletin 5 – Carriage and presentation of documents (PDF, 82KB) - advice on what documents need to be carried when operating a heavy vehicle and how they should be presented (including electronic copies) if intercepted.
- Compliance bulletin 6 – National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (PDF, 157KB) - advice to help heavy vehicle drivers and operators comply with the requirements of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), as they relate to the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS).
- Compliance bulletin 7 – Heavy vehicle driver fatigue requirements (PDF, 115KB) - advice to help heavy vehicle drivers and other parties to comply with the requirements of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) as they relate to heavy vehicle driver fatigue.
- Compliance bulletin 8 – OSOM heavy vehicle mass assessment (PDF, 161KB) - advice on oversize overmass (OSOM) heavy vehicle mass requirements and information about some of the methods used to assess compliance.
- Compliance bulletin 9 – Heavy vehicle loading requirements (PDF, 91KB) - advice on complying with the heavy vehicle loading requirements of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).