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Plain definitions of the Australian fleet and compliance terms no one explains: FBT, fuel tax credits, Chain of Responsibility, work diaries, mass limits and more.

• Chain of ResponsibilityChain of Responsibility is the principle in the Heavy Vehicle National Law that everyone with influence over a transport task, not just the driver, shares legal responsibility for its safety.CoR
• Electronic work diaryAn electronic work diary is an NHVR-approved electronic system that records a heavy vehicle driver's work and rest times as a voluntary alternative to the written work diary.EWD
• Fatigue managementFatigue management under the Heavy Vehicle National Law sets maximum work and minimum rest times for drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, with three levels: Standard hours, Basic Fatigue Management and Advanced Fatigue Management.Standard, BFM and AFM
• Fleet utilisationFleet utilisation is the share of a vehicle's available time, or capacity, that is actually used for work, and it is the single number that reveals how many vehicles a fleet really needs.
• Fringe benefits taxFringe benefits tax is the tax an employer pays when a work car is available for an employee's private use, calculated on the car's value or its running costs and paid by the employer, not the driver.FBT
• Fuel tax creditsFuel tax credits refund part of the fuel excise built into the price of fuel used for business, claimed on the BAS, with the rate depending on the fuel, the vehicle, how the fuel was used and when it was bought.FTC

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