What is the Chain of Responsibility

What are the influencing behaviours?

	The chain of responsibility holds that all the people who influence others behaviour and compliance should, and must, be held accountable if that influence results in non-compliance with traffic rules/laws and Health & Safety legislative requirements.
	The chain of responsibility is shared, not transferred.

Who is in the Chain?

	A person is part of the chain of responsibility if their actions, inactions or decisions affect the way another person conducts their daily tasks. This could include a person who:
	Manages/supervises or instructs an individual to act in a certain manner that is unsafe. Operates and/or drives a vehicle moving goods. Plans the pick-up delivery of goods, or dispatches the vehicle moving goods. Receives goods. Knowingly allows a person/s to act in an unsafe manner. The chain can also include “third parties”, i.e transport users or customers.

What are the influencing behaviours?

	Behaviours that could lead employees, drivers or operators to breach the rules or laws include:
	Causing or influencing a person to act outside of the legislative requirements or against “Safe Operating Best Practices”. Causing or influencing a driver not to comply with work time, rest time and log book requirement (Includes failure to maintain a logbook or falsifying logbook records). Causing or requiring a driver to operate a vehicle or machinery that exceeds gross weight.

Penalties can apply

	A person convicted of a chain of responsibility offence, may face substantial fines which will be payable by the individual – not the Company.