* ACT - Most delays due to the regulator waiting on local and state governments
-- Many trucking operators are still having to wait weeks for heavy vehicle access applications to be approved, due in large part to state and local governments... Figures contained in the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) 2014-15 annual report show permit processing timeframes are still sluggish under the Heavy Vehicle National Law... The report says it took an average of 23.48 days last financial year to process permit applications, but only 4.34 days of this was due to the NHVR... Most of the time taken to approve permits stemmed from the regulator having to wait for local and state authorities to provide consent for a truck to access their roads... Under the HVNL, local and state governments must give their consent for access before the NHVR can begin processing the relevant permit... The HVNL sets a 28-day limit for local and state authorities to provide their consent... The regulator's annual report says local governments took an average of seven days to provide consent when doing so within 28 days, but it is a different story for state governments... State road agencies granted 704 consents after the 28-day limit and averaged 65 days in doing so, while the average for local governments after 28 days was 59.9 days (813 consents)...
Canberra, ACT, Australia - Owner Driver, by Brad Gardner - 9 Nov 2015Labels: bureaucratic affairs
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