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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
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### sec.654 Other approvals
The responsible Ministers may approve—
a standard for sleeper berths; or
standards and business rules for—
advanced fatigue management; or
basic fatigue management; or
heavy vehicle maintenance management; or
heavy vehicle mass management; or
a class of auditors for the purposes of Chapter 8 .
The approval, and any instrument amending or repealing the approval, must be published in the Commonwealth Gazette.
The Regulator must ensure a copy of an approval in force under subsection (1) , and any document the subject of the approval, is—
made available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours at each office of the Regulator; and
published on the Regulator’s website.
sch s 654 sub 2013 No. 4 s 12
amd 2025 No. 26 s 135 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.654-ssec.1) The responsible Ministers may approve— a standard for sleeper berths; or standards and business rules for— advanced fatigue management; or basic fatigue management; or heavy vehicle maintenance management; or heavy vehicle mass management; or a class of auditors for the purposes of Chapter 8 .
(sec.654-ssec.2) The approval, and any instrument amending or repealing the approval, must be published in the Commonwealth Gazette.
(sec.654-ssec.3) The Regulator must ensure a copy of an approval in force under subsection (1) , and any document the subject of the approval, is— made available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours at each office of the Regulator; and published on the Regulator’s website.
- (a) a standard for sleeper berths; or
- (b) standards and business rules for— (i) advanced fatigue management; or (ii) basic fatigue management; or (iii) heavy vehicle maintenance management; or (iv) heavy vehicle mass management; or
- (i) advanced fatigue management; or
- (ii) basic fatigue management; or
- (iii) heavy vehicle maintenance management; or
- (iv) heavy vehicle mass management; or
- (c) a class of auditors for the purposes of Chapter 8 .
- (i) advanced fatigue management; or
- (ii) basic fatigue management; or
- (iii) heavy vehicle maintenance management; or
- (iv) heavy vehicle mass management; or
- (a) made available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours at each office of the Regulator; and
- (b) published on the Regulator’s website.