National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS)

The National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS) is administered through state road and transport authorities using a common set of standards, audit procedures and business rules. On 29 September 2008 South Australia introduced legislation recognising the NHVAS as an approved road transport compliance scheme.

Modules of the scheme include Maintenance Management, Mass Management and Fatigue Management. Operators can seek accreditation in one or all of these modules in the jurisdiction where its registered office is located. Accreditation is mutually recognised by other states and territories that offer NHVAS.

NHVAS is not compulsory. The decision to enter into or remain in the Scheme is at the operators’ discretion and may include measuring the cost of entry and the associated fees, against the commercial benefits gained from membership. The fee structure ensures that its impact is automatically scaled to the size of each operation.

To improve service delivery to the heavy vehicle transport industry the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure will make a number of significant changes to the application processes and systems that manage the NHVAS modules. These changes are expected to be delivered over the 2008 and 2009 financial years with the new systems fully operational by June 2009.

More information on the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation scheme is available on the National Transport Commission website.

Module Information, Standards and Audit Matrices

Mass Management Module

Maintenance Management Module

Fatigue Management Module

Business Rules and Legislation

	NHVAS Business Rules Version 3 - August 2007	136 Kb
	Road Traffic (Approved Road Transport Compliance Schemes) Regulations 2008	68 Kb

Fact Sheets

	National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme Recognised Auditors	102 Kb
	National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme Consultants	38 Kb
	On-Entry Audit and Adding Vehicles to Existing Vehicle List (Maintenance & Mass Management)	164 Kb

National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Auditor Certification Scheme

The Registered Accreditation Board Quality Society of Australia International Inc. (RABQSA) offers certification of auditors for the three main heavy vehicle accreditation schemes in Australia - National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme, WA Heavy Vehicle Accreditation and TruckSafe.

The National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Auditor Certification Scheme came into effect on 16 October 2006 to provide a single national pool of auditors to serve the interests of all three schemes. Audits for the NHVAS can only be conducted by auditors that have been certified by RABQSA as a Heavy Vehicle Accreditation (HVA) Auditor.

More information on the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Auditor Certification Scheme is available on the National Transport Commission and the RABQSA website

NHVAS Application Forms (SA Only) – Effective September 2008

NHVAS application forms can be obtained from Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit or downloaded and printed from the forms page.

Completed applications may be returned to Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit by fax, post, email or in person.

Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit are able to commence processing of faxed or emailed applications however issuing of a receipt to the applicant and the certifying auditor (if applicable) will not occur until the original application is received in the office.

Applications for membership or to renew existing membership may take up to two (2) weeks to process from the date the receipt is issued, subject to complete and accurate details.

Fees

Operators are charged a fee of $80 per module in every two year accreditation period. In addition operators in Mass and/or Maintenance Management are charged $25 per vehicle every two year accreditation period.

Pending pre-approval of your application for membership, to renew membership or to add a vehicle(s) Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit unit will notify you in writing of the associated fees required to be paid to enable finalisation and approval of your accreditation or additional vehicles.

Introduction of Fees for Mass Management and Maintenance and Maintenance Management

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Further Information and Contact Details

If you need more information about heavy vehicle accreditation, or you would like to apply for accreditation, you can visit Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit unit at
1 Wright Road, Walkley Heights, South Australia.

Hours of business are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm.
Contact Heavy Vehicle Accreditation & Audit by:

Phone: 08 8260 0005
Fax: 08 8260 0268
Email: hvat@saugov.sa.gov.au
Mail: DTEI Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Team, P O Box 1 Walkerville 5081

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