Insurables — Australian business risk, sourced and dated

Livestock transporters: commercial motor requirements in Western Australia

Cover for vehicles used for business, including utilities, vans and trucks, and liability for damage they cause.

Data as at

Verified for Western Australia

  • Licence liability condition: No insurance condition. The Animal Welfare Act 2002 returns zero on insurance, insured, indemnity and indemnify. The Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 mentions insurance fourteen times, and every one is compulsory third party cover under the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943, attaching to licensing the vehicle — which is Western Australia's word for registering it. That is a requirement on every WA motorist, not a condition on an occupational licence, and the accreditation provision itself carries no insurance requirement. WA · effective 2026-08-25 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: None from an occupational regulator. Compulsory third party cover is enforced at vehicle licensing and renewal, which is a registration process rather than an occupational approval. WA · effective 2026-08-25 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: Livestock transport is not a separately licensed occupation in Western Australia, which is also the one state outside the heavy vehicle national law. Licensing under Part 2 of the Animal Welfare Act 2002 exists only for the use of animals for scientific purposes. The Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 does provide for accreditation by the Commissioner of Main Roads, but that is a mass, dimension and loading mechanism rather than an occupational licence, and a person cannot be accredited unless they control or direct the operation of the vehicle or are of a prescribed class. WA · effective 2026-08-25 Western Australia Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

What this cover costs

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