Chain of Responsibility Procedure - HVNL for transport and construction

Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law you can breach Chain of Responsibility without owning a single truck - scheduling pressure, loading decisions and delivery windows all create duties for consignors, packers, loaders and schedulers. This procedure sets out how a construction or transport business manages those CoR duties, with an embedded process map - a genuine gap in almost every generic IMS on the market.

What it covers

Identifying where your business touches the chain (consigning, packing, loading, scheduling, receiving), the controls for mass, dimension, load restraint, speed and fatigue pressures, how you verify transport partners, and what records demonstrate due diligence if the regulator ever asks. CoR is an obligations-based law - the procedure turns those obligations into named responsibilities.

Who needs it

Civil and construction businesses moving plant and materials, quarry and materials suppliers, and transport operators themselves. Written by a lead auditor with 15+ years across safety and compliance systems, aligned to the current standards.

Editions

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Vehicle-use rules live in the companion Company Assets and Vehicles Policy, and CoR belongs in your Legal and Compliance Obligations Register as a tracked obligation. More in the ISO 45001 Safety collection.