HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT)
278Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.
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278 Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc. (1) If the Regulator grants a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to a
(b) if prescribed circumstances apply to the grant of the exemption—an information notice for the prescribed (2) A permit for a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must state the (b) the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to which the (c) the maximum work times and minimum rest times that apply to drivers operating under the exemption; (d) the conditions of the exemption, including, if applicable, the condition mentioned in section 276(1); (e) the period for which the exemption applies. prescribed circumstances, for a work and rest hours exemption (permit), means the Regulator has— (a) imposed conditions on the exemption under section 276(2); or (b) granted the exemption in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant for the exemption; or (c) granted the exemption setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant for the exemption; or (d) granted the exemption for a period less than the period of not more than 3 years sought by the applicant for the exemption.