Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water
We are inviting public input on a new regulatory guidance document for those interested or involved in the freight of hydrogen.
This guidebook is called National Hydrogen Regulatory Guidebook: Hydrogen Freight by Road.
It covers the regulatory guidance for the freight of hydrogen by road in Australia.
The guidebook aims to:
- Provide information to support project proponents to understand their regulatory obligations
- Identify regulatory obligations that apply at both the national and state or territory level for the freight of hydrogen by road.
We are seeking your feedback on whether the guidebook is:
- accurate
- comprehensive
- usable.
The National Hydrogen Regulatory Guidebooks are an initiative of the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council.
This is the fourth Guidebook in the series, which also includes:
- National Hydrogen Regulatory Guidebook: Production Facilities
- National Hydrogen Regulatory Guidebook: Refuelling Facilities
- National Hydrogen Regulatory Guidebook: Pipelines
Submissions close on the 12 November 2026.
/Public Release. View in full here.
