sec.249Standard hours

### sec.249 Standard hours 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. Without limiting subsection (1) , the national regulations may prescribe— 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 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 that a minor risk breach of a maximum work requirement prescribed in the regulations is not to be treated as a minor risk breach. A minor risk breach prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2) (c) is not a contravention of section 250 or 251 . sch s 249 amd 2015 No. 12 s 23 amd 2025 No. 26 s 53 (uncommenced amendment) (sec.249-ssec.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. (sec.249-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the national regulations may prescribe— 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 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 that a minor risk breach of a maximum work requirement prescribed in the regulations is not to be treated as a minor risk breach. (sec.249-ssec.3) A minor risk breach prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2) (c) is not a contravention of section 250 or 251 . - (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.