For the first-time operators will be able to view networks from a national perspective through a single and authoritative location – the NHVR Portal.

Key benefits for the heavy vehicle industry include:

• The ability to search by and view available networks for more than 1,000 heavy vehicle configurations, providing better visibility and fleet management decision making.
• Road network changes will be made in real-time to ensure the most accurate network access information.
• An easily identifiable view of approved, conditional or restricted routes using a traffic light colour scheme.
• Different map layers that can be turned on and off to identify rest areas, height restrictions and road disruptions.

Hi there,

In the latest Portal release there were two new features added:

• There are new fields in the tyre input section of the DA form that allows tyres to be nominated to an axle position for a vehicle unit. This is an optional field. There is also an additional notes field that has been added for each row in the tyre input section.
• The validation on the Driveline fields has been refined to allow entry into only a single input field.

For more information visit our roadmap

Hi there,

Track width for PBS vehicles can now be entered per axle to allow different track widths in an axle group to be entered.

The fields from the axle groups and axles tabs have been combined into a single application step called Axles.

• The spacings are now entered as the spacing between each axle rather than entering axle spread for the group.
• Enter the spacing for each axle in a group after the first axle, the first axle dimension will be auto calculated.
• For track width, tyre spacing and tyre size section width, enter the dimension for the first axle in a group, and then tab, the other axles in the group will auto populate. Then individually edit any of the values to adjust them.

For more information visit our roadmap

Hi there,

For PBS Design Approval (DA) applications, there are now two new load types available for selection for car carriers:

• Caravans
• Vans

For more information visit our roadmap

Compliance Module release to all operators

All operators are now able to access the new Compliance Module within the NHVR Portal.

What does this mean?

· All operators have access to the NHVR’s newest feature, the Compliance Module.

· The Compliance Module gives operators an overall view of defect notices issued to their fleet of vehicles

· Operators will be able to identify any defect trends in their fleet, improve quality of their fleet which will reduce the number of defects issued to the operator and result in making roads safer for all.

How do I access the Compliance Module?

You will be able to access the Compliance Module through your existing account. To be able to view the Compliance Module, you must have completed the Registration linking service: https://app.intercom.com/a/apps/onqqjyg6/articles/articles/4834432/show].

Further support

If you have any other questions or looking for more information on the Compliance Module, please refer to the Portal Help Centre Portal Compliance Module FAQs.

For more information on defects, please refer to the Heavy Vehicle Defects Webpage.

For those needing assistance or further support, contact us on 13 64 87.

Kind Regards,

Fiona Brophy

Manager Operational Policy

National Compliance Services

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Hi there,

DA short form submissions are now available.

After selecting the radio button for a new application, the toggle switch will appear to allow short or full form application to be selected.

All existing full form submission channels are also available.

For more information visit our roadmap

Hi there,

New improvements and bug fixes for PBS are now live 🙌.

Release notes

Improvements

• PBS: Rich text editor for operating conditions
• PBS: Rich text editor for additional or other requirements
• PBS: Data table keyboard navigation
• PBS: Percentage of peak engine torque field
• PBS: Increase character limit of comments field
• PBS: Add Prime, Semi-trailer and Dog Trailer combination
• PBS: Comments for modification layouts mandatory

Bug fixes

• PBS: Exclude deleted applications from layout numbering
• PBS: Fix validation of tow rear overhang for rigid trucks
• PBS: Fix mass table calculation errors for dual steer and split axle groups
• PBS: Fix valid DA numbers not available when creating new Vehicle Approvals

For more information visit our roadmap

Hi there,

Issues with the determination of compliance with Schedule 6, Section 5 (Length - Rear overhang) have been fixed 🙌.

Hi there,

A new 'Save View' button has been added to the data tables which allows you to decide when changes to a view are saved. 🙌.

Previously any changes you made to the columns, filters, and sort order of columns in a data table were automatically saved to the current view.

Now any changes are not automatically saved giving you the option to control when changes are made to your saved views.

Hi there,

Issues with the calculation of GML, CML and HML mass limits for PBS vehicles including Truck & Dog, Truck & 2 Dogs, and Truck and 2 dollies and trailers have been fixed. 🙌.