Chain of Responsibility Due Diligence Register

An editable Excel chain of responsibility due diligence register template for Queensland businesses that run, schedule, load, pack, send or receive heavy vehicles. Record each transport activity and the role your business holds from the parties in the chain of responsibility under the Heavy Vehicle National Law. Keep the primary duty steps (risks, public risk controls, evidence, owner, review date), the review of requests, schedules, pay and contracts so nothing causes or encourages a breach, and your driver fatigue and fitness practices. A dedicated set of columns records the five executive due diligence steps from section 26D with a date for each, a count of how many are done, and the next review. Overdue reviews turn red and gaps in fatigue and fitness practices are counted on the Start Here sheet.

What Is Included In Our Chain of Responsibility Due Diligence Register?

• A Start Here sheet: type your details once and they appear on every sheet and printed page
• One row per transport activity, with the role your business holds from the ten parties in the chain of responsibility
• Other parties in the activity and whether the vehicle is fatigue-regulated
• Primary duty columns: safety risks, public risks and controls, evidence held, owner, review and next review dates
• Requests, schedules, loads and pay reviewed, and contract reviews, so nothing causes or encourages a breach
• Driver fatigue and fitness practices, with gaps counted in red and the last issue reported
• Executive due diligence: the five steps in section 26D(3) each with a date, an automatic count of steps complete and the next review
• Overdue review dates in red and counts of reviews due on the Start Here sheet
• A plain-English summary of the primary duty, the executive duty, prohibited requests and contracts, and the driver fatigue duty

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld): s 5 (parties in the chain of responsibility), ss 26B and 26C (primary duty), s 26D (duty of executive), s 26E (prohibited requests and contracts), ss 226 and 228 (fatigue and fitness to drive)

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Excel workbook with no macros
• Drop-down lists, frozen headings, automatic step counts and colour highlighting
• Room for 200 rows, with more rows when you need them
• Print-ready pages with your business details repeated on every printed page
• Drop-down options you can change on the Lists sheet to suit your business

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.