249Standard hours

249 Standard hours (1) The national regulations may prescribe the maximum work times and minimum rest times (the standard hours) applying to the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle for a period if the driver is not operating under a BFM accreditation, AFM accreditation or work and rest hours exemption. prescribe— (a) different standard hours for solo drivers, solo drivers of fatigue- regulated buses and drivers who are a party to a two-up driving arrangement; and (b) that a solo driver of a fatigue-regulated bus may operate under either, but not both, the standard hours for solo drivers or the standard hours for solo drivers of fatigue-regulated buses; and (c) that a minor risk breach of a maximum work requirement prescribed in the regulations is not to be treated as a minor risk breach. (3) A minor risk breach prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) is not a contravention of section 250 or 251.