Regulator says original pricing fails to reflect true cost of administering accreditation scheme
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has announced that National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS) fees will increase as of Monday October 15.
A voluntary alternative to conventional heavy vehicle compliance, originally established in 1999, the NHVR has administered the NHVAS since 2013 and says the current pricing does not reflect the true cost of assessing applications and the assistance provided by its Accreditation Team.
Therefore, under the ‘Establish, maintain or add accreditation module/s’, mass, maintenance and Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) will increase from $84 to $88, while Advanced Fatigue Management (AFM) will rise from $127 to 134.
Under the ‘Vehicles to be added or remain in accreditation module/s’, mass management and maintenance management will increase from $27 to 32 per vehicle.
The NHVR has used a single fee structure for all states and territories since taking over responsibility for running the scheme.
It says that while other NHVR fees have increased each year, the NHVAS has remained the same, and the regulator may now standardise it alongside other fee structures, increasing on July 1 each year in line with inflation.