9BFM hours—solo drivers

9 BFM hours—solo drivers

9 BFM hours—solo drivers

(1) Table 1 in Schedule 2 sets out the BFM hours for a solo driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle.

(2) For each period stated in column 1—

(a) column 2 states the maximum work time for the driver; and

(b) column 3 states the minimum rest time for the driver.

Note—

Column 3 refers to a block of time unless blocks of time are referred to. Each night rest break is a block of time.

(3) A contravention of section 254(1) of the Law for any period stated in column 1 is a breach of the risk category stated in column 4 for the circumstance of the contravention.

(4) If, apart from this subsection, the driver would commit a minor risk breach in relation to a total period stated in column 1 that is not more than 24 hours, the driver does not commit the minor risk breach if—

(a) the period the driver works in excess of the maximum work time stated in column 2 for the corresponding total period stated in column 1 is not more than 8 minutes; and

(b) the driver uses an electronic work diary to record the period the driver works that is mentioned in paragraph (a).

(5) In this section, a reference to a column by number is a reference to the column of that number in Table 1 in Schedule 2.

s 9: Am 2015 (824), sec 7.