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Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012
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#### 3 Object
The object of this Act is to promote safety and fairness in the road transport industry by doing the following:
(a) ensuring that road transport drivers do not have remuneration‑related incentives to work in an unsafe manner;
(b) removing remuneration‑related incentives, pressures and practices that contribute to unsafe work practices;
(c) ensuring that road transport drivers are paid for their work, including loading or unloading their vehicles or waiting for someone else to load or unload their vehicles;
(d) developing and applying reasonable and enforceable standards throughout the road transport industry supply chain to ensure the safety of road transport drivers;
(e) ensuring that hirers of road transport drivers and participants in the supply chain take responsibility for implementing and maintaining those standards;
(f) facilitating access to dispute resolution procedures relating to remuneration and related conditions for road transport drivers.