DVSA · Load security · Guidance update
DVSA load-securing update: September 2026
DVSA added a link to Logistics UK's brewing and drinks industry best-practice guide in its local-deliveries section. The published amendment notice does not announce a new blanket securing rule for every HGV operator.
What actually changed?
The official change history dates this amendment to 24 September 2026. It identifies one change to chapter 6: a link to Logistics UK's brewing and drinks industry best-practice guide in the section covering local deliveries, including brewery and coal.
That is different from a wholesale replacement of the load-securing code. The same change history lists a much broader set of amendments dated December 2024. Those older amendments should not be presented as new September 2026 requirements.
Which operators should review it?
The chapter's existing local-delivery wording is conditional. It refers to an XL-rated vehicle making deliveries within a small geographical area on roads limited to 30 mph or less. It also describes securing the load when leaving the depot, for longer journeys between deliveries and on the return journey.
Do not turn that passage into a general exemption for multi-drop work, standard curtainsiders, flatbeds or Hiab operations. Read the complete section and check the actual body specification, route and load. When a route or load does not meet the conditions, use the guidance that applies to that operation.
A proportionate transport-office response
Our suggested office response is to assign the source review to the person responsible for the relevant work. Record whether the linked material affects your operation, which instruction needs checking and who will brief the drivers. A short applicability decision is more useful than forwarding a headline to everyone without context.
For example, a drinks-distribution operator could record the vehicle-body specification and delivery route considered in the review. A specialist machinery haulier could note that this particular amendment is outside its normal work, while retaining its own load-specific securing arrangements. Neither example is a technical load-securing assessment.
Where Outrig fits — and where it does not
Outrig's job, vehicle and driver-check workflows provide places to connect operational information and reported issues. Software records are not a substitute for selecting a suitable vehicle, assessing the load or checking the securing equipment.
This note links to the official sources so a transport manager can check the original wording. It is independent commentary, not DVSA approval of Outrig, a restraint calculation or an instruction to move a load that has not been assessed as safe.
Suggested office actions
- Open the official amendment notice and the affected chapter, not just a social-media summary.
- Ask the responsible manager to record whether the local-delivery conditions apply to the work being planned.
- Review any affected written instructions and brief the relevant staff before relying on them.
- Keep the review, decision and any operational changes together; this is a suggested office routine, not a new statutory form.
Official sources
Check the original wording before changing your arrangements. Outrig's review date is not the date a legal requirement took effect.