TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Australia: New Laws, chain of responsibility
* ACT - Stronger COR laws to hold industry customers to account
(Video from AustralianTrucking - Apr 19, 2016: Owner Drivers from across Australia took part in the Convoy to Canberra circling Parliament House before finishing with a rally to call for the abolition of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal)
-- Strong new chain of responsibility laws will enable action to be taken against trucking industry customers who currently deny they are covered by the laws at all, the ATA Council heard this week at a briefing by NHVR Chief Executive Sal Petroccitto... ATA CEO Chris Melham said the ATA and its members expressed continued support for the NHVR and its actions in improving road safety, and welcomed the forthcoming reforms to the chain of responsibility laws... Chris welcomed the NHVR’s advice that new guidelines for industry codes of practice would be available from 1 July 2016... The ATA Council also agreed to develop a new Technical Advisory Procedure (TAP) covering tyres and tyre operations. The ATA’s TAPs set out industry best practice on a range of key technical issues, including wheel security and heavy vehicle wiring. The TAP will be released in 2017...
Canberra, ACT, Australia - ATA Friday Facts - 22 April 2016
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