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Transport reform
- Towards a new Heavy Vehicle National Law
  We're working on behalf of transport ministers to deliver a new draft law for heavy vehicles in Australia. The goal is to simplify the law to enhance safety while delivering industry productivity and flexibility.
- NTC projects
  Our work aims to achieve our strategic objectives of improved safety, productivity, regulatory efficiency and environmental outcomes across land transport.
- Automated vehicle program
  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.
- Light vehicle emissions intensity in Australia
  Each year, we publish a carbon dioxide emissions intensity report for new light vehicles purchased across Australia. The 2021 report is now available.
- National Rail Action Plan
  The National Rail Action Plan and current work program support a national vision for a modernised, seamless and safe rail system.
- Progress on reforms
  Each year, we share a progress report with infrastructure and transport ministers on the status of national land transport reforms.
Codes and guidelines
Codes and guidelines
- Load restraint guides for light and heavy vehicles
  Read the relevant load restraint guide to ensure you meet load restraint standards for light and heavy vehicles in Australia.
- Australian Dangerous Goods Code
  The Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road & Rail sets out the requirements for transporting dangerous goods by road or rail.
- Assessing Fitness to Drive
  Assessing Fitness to Drive is a joint NTC and Austroads publication containing the nationally agreed medical standards for granting a driver's licence.
- National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers
  All health assessments of rail safety workers in Australia are conducted in line with the current edition of the National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers
- Automated vehicle trial guidelines
  These guidelines support nationally-consistent trial conditions at all levels of automation.
- Automated vehicle national enforcement guidelines
  These guidelines clarify who is in control of, and therefore legally responsible for, an automated vehicle
- National voluntary guidelines for landside stevedore charges
  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 for access to pick up or drop off con
Laws and regulations
Laws and regulations
- Heavy Vehicle National Law
  The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) regulates heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass in participating states and territories.
- Rail Safety National Law
  The Rail Safety National Law aims for a seamless and coordinated national approach to rail safety regulation in Australia.
- Australian Road Rules
  The model Australian Road Rules form the basis of road rules of each Australian state and territory.
- Australian Light Vehicle Standards Rules
  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.
- Australian Defence Force Road Transport Exemption Framework
  The Framework provides nationally uniform exemptions for the use of Australian Defence Force (ADF) military vehicles and equipment on public roads.
- Heavy Vehicle Charges Model Law
  The Heavy Vehicle Charges Model Law sets registration charges for heavy vehicles and defines the methodology for calculating annual adjustments.
- Registration charges for heavy vehicles
  Heavy vehicle charges aim to recover heavy vehicle related expenditure on roads from heavy vehicle operators.
- Road user charges
  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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