The LSS Truck Compliance System enables LSS clients to demonstrate the two key tests of truck compliance and safety, that is, that all relevant parties;

• Understand their responsibilities for managing truck compliance
• Are accountable for confirming their compliance with these responsibilities

All information recorded by relevant parties is accessed, completed and maintained via the LSS NZ website. LSS clients are able to monitor the status of nominated parties.

The role of LSS NZ is to:

• Ensure 24/7/365 access to the System by clients and nominated parties
• Assist with the implementation of the LSS COR Standard through the documentation of internal processes
• Education, propagation and auditing of the standards throughout your chain of responsibility
• Provide a Help Desk by phone and email to all clients and nominated parties
• Monitor regulations, court decisions and other developments and to modify the System to suit

Contact us now to find out how the LSS Truck Compliance System can help you better manage your compliance obligations

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

The Health and Safety at Work 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 Act.

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.

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

Contact us now to find out how the LSS Truck Compliance System can help you better manage your compliance obligations

What is the chain of responsibility?

Traditionally drivers and operators have been the focus of compliance enforcement authorities, but breaches are often caused or influenced by the actions of others.

Chain of responsibility recognises that all the people who influence drivers’ behaviour and compliance should, and must, be held accountable. This includes directors of companies.

Under the chain of responsibility, responsibility is shared, and not transferred.

Existing responsibilities of drivers and operators will remain in place.

The Chain

The links in chain of responsibility for each trip can potentially include the:

Who is affected by the new requirements?

You are part of the chain of responibility if your action, inaction or decisions affect road transport operations.

'Third parties' - users or customers of a transport service - are included in the chain. If an offence is committed by your employee, agent or contractor, the offence may be treated as having been committed by you both, whether or not it was done with your knowledge or approval.

What do the new requirements affect?

• Anyone who causes or influences a driver to exceed speed limits.
• Work time, rest time and logbook requirements.
• Maximum gross weights limits.
• The use of unlicensed transport service operators.

What are the Penalties?