Heavy Vehicle National Law review

On 28 May 2021, infrastructure and transport ministers approved a two-year HVNL Safety and Productivity Program to implement reform outcomes from the HVNL review.

This implementation phase of the program will lead to an updated law that:

• is based on a new, risk-management focussed operator assurance framework, and 
• offers simplicity for those who need it and flexibility for those who seek it.

The program, comprising six reform areas, aims to deliver productivity and safety benefits against a two-year delivery plan.

The NTC will lead the following reform areas in collaboration with governments and industry to deliver draft legislative amendments and other draft instruments:

• operator assurance scheme
• technology and data
• duties and driver health
• fatigue management
• vehicles and access
• legislative approach.

We have a website dedicated to the HVNL review. It contains information about what we are doing to implement reform outcomes from the HVNL review. 

For the latest information, focus areas and key dates, visit the Heavy Vehicle National Law Review website.