Heavy Vehicle (General) National Regulation
sec.63Continuation of use of existing work diary
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sec.63 Continuation of use of existing work diary
This section applies— for the purposes of Part 6.4 of the Law (the Part ); and until the end of a period of 6 months after the commencement of this section (the transitional period ). A driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle may continue to use an existing work diary until the end of the transitional period for the purposes of complying with the Part in relation to the recording of information in a work diary. The driver’s recording of information in the existing work diary is taken to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the Part for the recording of information in work diaries if the driver’s recording would comply with the corresponding provisions of the former legislation if those provisions had not been repealed. In this section— existing work diary means a work diary, however described— that has as its purpose the recording of information the same as, or substantially the same as, information required to be recorded in a work diary under the Part; and that, immediately before the commencement of this section, the driver was using in compliance with the former legislation. (sec.63-ssec.1) This section applies— for the purposes of Part 6.4 of the Law (the Part ); and until the end of a period of 6 months after the commencement of this section (the transitional period ). (sec.63-ssec.2) A driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle may continue to use an existing work diary until the end of the transitional period for the purposes of complying with the Part in relation to the recording of information in a work diary. (sec.63-ssec.3) The driver’s recording of information in the existing work diary is taken to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the Part for the recording of information in work diaries if the driver’s recording would comply with the corresponding provisions of the former legislation if those provisions had not been repealed. (sec.63-ssec.4) In this section— existing work diary means a work diary, however described— that has as its purpose the recording of information the same as, or substantially the same as, information required to be recorded in a work diary under the Part; and that, immediately before the commencement of this section, the driver was using in compliance with the former legislation.
- (a) for the purposes of Part 6.4 of the Law (the Part ); and
- (b) until the end of a period of 6 months after the commencement of this section (the transitional period ).
- (a) that has as its purpose the recording of information the same as, or substantially the same as, information required to be recorded in a work diary under the Part; and
- (b) that, immediately before the commencement of this section, the driver was using in compliance with the former legislation.