HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT)
319Records record keeper must have
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319 Records record keeper must have (1) The driver’s record keeper must, unless the record keeper has a reasonable excuse— (a) record the following information within the prescribed period— (i) the driver’s name and contact details; (ii) the driver’s current driver licence number and the jurisdiction in which the licence was issued; (iii) the dates on which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle on a road; (iv) the registration number for each fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle the driver drives, being— (A) in the case of a vehicle that is not in a combination— that vehicle; or (B) in the case of a vehicle that is in a combination—the towing vehicle in the combination;
(v) the total of the driver’s work times and rest times on each day on which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy (vi) the total of the driver’s work times and rest times for each week during which the driver drives a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle; (vii) the driver’s rosters and trip schedules, including details of driver changeovers; (viii) the location of the driver’s base; (ix) if the location of the driver’s base changes—the date on which the location changes; and (b) keep a copy of payment records relating to the driver, including time sheet records if the driver is paid according to time at work. (2) A requirement imposed on a record keeper by subsection (1)(a)(ii) to (vi) is taken to be satisfied if an electronic work diary used by the driver, the information in which is maintained by the record keeper, includes the information mentioned in the provisions. services to comply with subsection (1) for the record keeper— subsection (1); and subsection (1) as if the other person were the record keeper
prescribed period, for recording information mentioned in subsection (1) relating to the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy (a) if the driver’s record keeper is the driver—within 24 hours after the driver stops working on a day for which the information is relevant; or (b) if the driver’s record keeper is a person other than the driver— as soon as possible after the person receives the information.