Transport Compliance Audit & Gap Review

A MAEZ audit helps Australian transport businesses identify the compliance risk they already know is there, before an auditor or regulator finds it first. We review Chain of Responsibility, HVNL, WHS, transport safety, and chartered risk obligations across your operation.

The goal is practical: turn identified gaps into controls and evidence that fit how the business actually runs, not a generic checklist.

• Find — identify what is exposed before an auditor or regulator does.
• Fix — build Safety Management System controls around how the transport business operates.
• Prove — use CoRGuard where records, reminders, diaries, audits, and evidence need structure.

The outcome is a clear, prioritised picture of where your business stands and what to do next.

This page is for anyone who influences a heavy vehicle transport task, including:

• Owner-operators and transport managers
• Executives and senior managers
• Consignors, consignees, and loaders
• Schedulers and contractors

If you carry duties under the Heavy Vehicle National Law or Chain of Responsibility framework, the audit pathway applies to your role and your business.

MAEZ helps Australian transport and supply-chain businesses work through the full range of compliance gaps that surface during an audit or operational review:

• Chain of Responsibility controls and duty-holder obligations
• HVNL compliance, including upcoming 2026 HVNL changes
• NHVAS accreditation readiness and maintenance
• WHS and transport safety integration
• Safety Management System design and implementation
• Training, document control, and evidence workflows

We turn those gaps into practical controls and evidence pathways — not theory, but things your team can actually use day to day.

MAEZ provides the advisory and risk pathway. When training is the right next step, Chain of Responsibility training is delivered through a dedicated training platform.

Where software is needed, CoRGuard supports the Safety Management System evidence workflow — covering records, reminders, fatigue and driver diary checks, maintenance, audits, document control, inductions, corrective actions, and evidence reporting.

The connection is deliberate: advisory work should leave a practical implementation trail, not just a folder of recommendations.

• Training records — connect training completion back to evidence and follow-up.
• Driver diary checks — connect fatigue and diary review back to manager visibility.
• Corrective actions — turn audit findings, hazards, and incidents into tracked actions.

Every party in the chain has different controls to verify and different evidence to maintain. A MAEZ audit looks at each role individually.

Contractors

Contractor controls should be verified before the work starts — not after an incident.

Consignees

Receiving windows, site rules, and unloading delays can all shape the transport task and create risk.

Loaders and unloaders

Loading and unloading decisions can affect safety, scheduling, and responsibility across the chain.

Managers

Managers need a clear view of gaps before audit or enforcement pressure arrives. Executive and manager CoR training supports that visibility.

If you know the compliance risk is there, the next step is a practical review of the controls, evidence, training, and SMS gaps that matter most for your business.

• Contact MAEZ to arrange a gap review tailored to your operation.
• Explore MAEZ insights for guidance on HVNL, CoR, and Safety Management Systems.
• Learn more about our CoR consulting and practical risk review process.

You do not need to have everything figured out before you reach out — the audit is designed to surface what matters, in the order that matters.