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Our goal is end-to-end regulation to support the safe commercial deployment and operation of automated vehicles at all levels of automation in Australia.
We're working on behalf of transport ministers to deliver an updated Heavy Vehicle National Law in Australia. The goal is to simplify the law to enhance safety while delivering industry productivity and flexibility. Consultation is now open.
Our ‘Light Vehicle Emissions Intensity in Australia: Trends Over Time,’ report provides the most detailed analysis of vehicle emissions trends ever published in Australia.
The National Rail Action Plan and current work program support a national vision for a modernised, seamless and safe rail system.
Each year, we share a progress report with infrastructure and transport ministers on the status of national land transport reforms.
The Evaluation Framework will be used to understand the outcomes of national land transport reform, while enabling us to provide evidence-based advice to the Transport Ministers.
Read the relevant load restraint guide to ensure you meet load restraint standards for light and heavy vehicles in Australia.
Assessing Fitness to Drive contains the nationally-agreed medical standards for granting a driver's licence.
The National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers (the Standard) provides a structured, evidence-based method for assessing and managing medical conditions that may impact a rail safety worker’s ability to perform their duties safely.
These guidelines support nationally-consistent trial conditions at all levels of automation.
The national voluntary guidelines for landside stevedore charges establish clear protocols for notification and communication on increases to existing, or the introduction of new, charges levied on transport operators.
The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) regulates heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass in participating states and territories.
The Australian Light Vehicle Standards Rules are model rules that regulate in-service vehicle standards for light vehicles. They form the basis for each state and territory to implement in their own vehicle standards rules.
The Framework provides nationally-uniform exemptions for the use of ADF military vehicles and equipment on public roads.
The Heavy Vehicle Charges Model Law sets registration charges for heavy vehicles and defines the methodology for calculating annual adjustments.
Heavy vehicle charges aim to recover heavy vehicle related expenditure on roads from heavy vehicle operators.
The Road User Charge (RUC) applies to each litre of diesel used by heavy vehicles such as buses, coaches and trucks on public roads.
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With respect to the Ministerial Standard for Alternative Compliance Hours — particularly Section 4 (b)(i) — the policy intent is that a driver or operator cannot plan a trip around a split-rest provision (i.e. it is not permitted to identify places to rest and rest durations based on the driver utilising split rest). Trip planning must be done on the basis that a driver is not using split rest.
The NTC seeks comment as to whether this policy intent is accurately reflected in the current draft.
With respect to the Ministerial Standard for Alternative Compliance Hours — particularly Section 4 — it has been suggested that split rest provisions should be subject to a requirement that the total of the individual split rests should be a minimum of 8 hours (similar to the current s255, Defence for solo drivers operating under BFM) e.g. a 5/2 or 6/1 split rest provision would not be permitted as they total less than 8 hours.
The NTC is seeking comment on this proposal.
With respect to the Ministerial Standard for Alternative Compliance Hours — transparency of decision making by the Regulator is recognised as important, but the NTC considers that this is best addressed through the Statement of Expectations issued to the Regulator by Ministers, rather than within a Standard.
