26APrinciple of shared responsibility

26A Principle of shared responsibility (1) The safety of transport activities relating to a heavy vehicle is the shared responsibility of each party in the chain of responsibility for (2) The level and nature of a party’s responsibility for a transport activity depends on— (a) the functions the person performs or is required to perform, whether exclusively or occasionally, rather than— (i) the person’s job title; or (ii) the person’s functions described in a written contract; and (b) the nature of the public risk created by the carrying out of the transport activity; and (c) the party’s capacity to control, eliminate or minimise the risk.