Chain of Responsibility Compliance: What Transport Businesses Need to Know in 2026
Chain of Responsibility compliance is about to matter more than it has in years. On 1 August 2026 the amended Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) commences, alongside the 2026 Master Code. If your business is part of a supply chain that moves freight, your obligations are changing, whether you run a single truck or a […]
Chain of Responsibility Risk Management: Are Your Controls Actually Working?
Most businesses we work with can produce a folder of Chain of Responsibility documentation. Policies, procedures, a risk register, training records. Far fewer can answer a simpler question: are you doing what you say you do? That gap is where chain of responsibility risk management usually fails. A control on paper is not a control […]
What the 2026 Master Code Means for Your Business
The 2026 Master Code has changed how Chain of Responsibility guidance is organised. If your business has mapped its CoR obligations by job title, that mapping no longer lines up with the Code. Here is what changed, and what it means in practice. What the Master Code is The Master Code is a registered industry […]
The Missing Link – Reviewing Control Effectiveness
At Supply Chain Safety Excellence (SCSE) we specialise in helping our clients review the adequacy and effectiveness of their ‘Chain of Responsibility’ (CoR) business practices and risk controls. Or more simply put, are you doing what you say you do? For example, if you say loaders or drivers will restrain loads using a particular system, […]
