NZ Heavy Vehicle - Compliance Overview

Three key New Zealand laws impact on truck compliance and safety.:

The Land Transport Act 1998 makes each party in a supply chain responsible for managing

  • Load restraint
  • Legal axle and gross weights
  • Speeding
  • Driving hours
  • Operator licencing

Part 6C of the Land Transport Act 1998 (LTA) holds all the people who influence drivers’ behaviour and compliance should, and must, be held accountable. This includes directors of companies. Under this Act, the chain of responsibility, responsibility is shared, and not transferred.

The Health and Safety at Work (HSWA) Act 2015 makes each party in a supply chain responsible for providing a safe workplace for employees and contractors. A vehicle is considered to be a workplace by the HSWA Act.

Fines PER INCIDENT vary from $25,000 to $3M.

The LSS Truck Compliance System provides clients with a defence against prosecution for truck compliance breaches, by ensuring that all parties within their supply chain

  • Understand their responsibilities for managing truck compliance and safety
  • Are accountable for confirming that they comply with these responsibilities