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Heavy Vehicle Accreditation - Tasmania

Description

You will need this accreditation if you intend to operate a heavy vehicle. A heavy vehicle is a vehicle with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) or aggregate trailer mass (ATV) of more than 4.5 tonnes.

There are four types of heavy vehicle accreditation:

  • Maintenance management accreditation: exempts your vehicle from the requirement to be inspected before renewal of registration.
  • Mass management accreditation: allows access to additional mass concessions.
  • Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) accreditation: allows the drivers of the vehicle to operate under BFM hours.
  • Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) accreditation: allows the drivers of the vehicle to operate under AFM hours.

Information on BFM and AFM hours are available from the Regulator.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for accreditation you must:

  • have a relevant management system in place for operations to be carried out under the accreditation
  • be able to comply with the heavy vehicle standards
  • be a suitable person to hold accreditation.

Other requirements apply for specific types of accreditation.

If you intend to operate a heavy vehicle at higher mass limits, your vehicle must meet certain requirements. Please review the attached resource for more information.

Duration

Up to 3 years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Fees are listed on the attached document.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources Important
Apply Other, Sole Trader NHVAS Applications and Forms (Opens in new window) Important
Comply Other, Sole Trader Accreditation Modules (Opens in new window)
Comply Other, Sole Trader Fee Schedule (Opens in new window)
Comply Other, Sole Trader Higher Mass Limits (HML) (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 Tasmania

Regulation(s) name

Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Regulations 2023 Tasmania

Administering agency

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.