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Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2025
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Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2025
Queensland
Heavy Vehicle National Law
Amendment Bill 2025
Queensland
Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment
Bill 2025
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Part 2 Amendment of Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Amendment of s 21 (Other consents under s 124 of the Law) . . 10
5 Amendment of s 24 (Information notice for decision to refuse application
because commissioner did not give consent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s 25 (Information notice for imposition of condition
requested by commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Omission of s 39 (Power to require production of driver licence) 11
8 Amendment of s 42E (Amendment of s 707A (Proceeding for other
offences)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Part 3 Amendment of Heavy Vehicle National Law
9 Law amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10 Amendment of s 4 (Regulatory framework to achieve object) . . . 12
11 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
12 Amendment of s 7 (Meaning of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle) 15
13 Amendment of s 22 (Application for PBS design approval) . . . . 16
14 Amendment of s 23 (Application for PBS vehicle approval) . . . . 16
15 Omission of s 25A (Keeping copy of PBS vehicle approval while driving)
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16 Amendment of s 26 (National regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Amendment of s 26D (Duty of executive of legal entity) . . . . . . . 17
18 Amendment of s 26E (Prohibited requests and contracts) . . . . . 17
19 Insertion of new s 26I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
26I Alternative verdicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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20 Amendment of s 60 (Compliance with heavy vehicle standards) 19
21 Amendment of s 62 (Restriction on grant of vehicle standards exemption
(notice)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
22 Replacement of ss 68–80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
68 Vehicle standards exemption (permits) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
23 Amendment of s 81 (Contravening condition of vehicle standards
exemption) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
24 Omission of s 83 (Keeping copy of permit while driving under vehicle
standards exemption (permit)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
25 Omission of ss 85–87A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
26 Amendment of s 88 (National regulations for heavy vehicle modification)
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27 Replacement of s 92 (Display of warning signs required by heavy vehicle
standards on vehicles to which the requirement does not apply) 21
92 Displaying warning signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
28 Amendment of s 96 (Compliance with mass requirements) . . . . 21
29 Amendment of s 102 (Compliance with dimension requirements) 22
30 Omission of s 109 (Warning signals required for rear projection of loads)
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31 Replacement of ss 122–128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
122 Mass or dimension exemption (permits) for class 1 and class
3 heavy vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
32 Omission of s 133 (Keeping copy of permit while driving under mass or
dimension exemption (permit)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
33 Omission of Pt 4.5, Div 5 (Other provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
34 Replacement of s 136 (Class 2 heavy vehicles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
136 Class 2 heavy vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
35 Replacement of ss 143–149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
143 Class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (permits) . . . . . . 24
36 Omission of s 152 (Keeping copy of permit while driving under class 2
heavy vehicle authorisation (permit)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
37 Amendment of s 153A (Using restricted access vehicle) . . . . . . 24
38 Omission of Pt 4.7, Divs 4 and 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
39 Amendment of s 186 (False or misleading transport documentation for
goods) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
40 Amendment of s 187 (False or misleading information in container weight
declaration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
41 Amendment of ch 6, hdg (Vehicle operations—driver fatigue) . . 26
42 Amendment of s 220 (Main purpose of Ch 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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43 Amendment of s 221 (Definitions for Ch 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
44 Replacement of Pt 6.2, hdg (Duties relating to fatigue) . . . . . . . . 27
45 Omission of Pt 6.2, Div 1, hdg (Preliminary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
46 Replacement of ss 224 and 225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
224 Matters court may consider in deciding whether person was
fatigued or unfit to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
225 What is being impaired by fatigue or unfit to drive . . 29
47 Amendment of s 226 (Matters court may consider in deciding whether
person was impaired by fatigue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
48 Omission of Pt 6.2, Div 2, hdg (Duty to avoid fatigue) . . . . . . . . . 29
49 Amendment of s 228 (Duty of driver to avoid driving while fatigued) 30
50 Amendment of s 243 (What is a driver’s work and rest hours option) 30
51 Omission of ss 246 and 246A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
52 Amendment of s 247 (Time to be counted after rest time ends) . 31
53 Amendment of s 249 (Standard hours) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
54 Amendment of s 250 (Operating under standard hours—solo drivers)
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55 Amendment of s 251 (Operating under standard hours—two-up drivers)
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56 Replacement of Pt 6.3, Divs 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Division 3 Alternative compliance work and rest arrangements
253 Alternative compliance hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
254 Operating under alternative compliance hours . . . . . 32
57 Amendment of s 260 (Operating under exemption hours) . . . . . 33
58 Amendment of s 263 (Operating under new work and rest hours option
after change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
59 Amendment of s 264 (Duty of employer, prime contractor, operator and
scheduler to ensure driver compliance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
60 Amendment of s 267 (Restriction on grant of work and rest hours
exemption (notice)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
61 Replacement of ss 273–285 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
273 Work and rest hours exemption (permits) . . . . . . . . . 34
62 Amendment of s 287 (Keeping relevant document while operating under
work and rest hours exemption (notice)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
63 Omission of s 288 (Keeping copy of permit while driving under work and
rest hours exemption (permit)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
64 Amendment of s 291 (Application of Sdiv 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
65 Amendment of s 293 (Driver of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle must
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carry work diary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
66 Insertion of new s 293A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
293A Regulator may issue written work diaries . . . . . . . . . 35
67 Amendment of s 294 (Purpose of and definition for Sdiv 2) . . . . 36
68 Amendment of s 295 (National regulations for information to be included
in work diary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
69 Amendment of s 297 (Information required to be recorded immediately
after starting work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
70 Omission of Pt 6.4, Div 2, Subdiv 3 (How information must be recorded
in work diary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
71 Amendment of s 307 (Driver who is record keeper must notify Regulator
if electronic work diary filled up etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
72 Omission of s 308 (What driver must do if lost or stolen written work diary
found or returned) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
73 Amendment of s 309 (Driver must notify record keeper if electronic work
diary filled up etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
74 Amendment of s 312 (What record keeper must do if electronic work
diary destroyed, lost or stolen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
75 Amendment of s 314 (How electronic work diary must be used) 37
76 Amendment of s 315 (Ensuring driver complies with Sdivs 1–4) 37
77 Amendment of s 317 (Who is a driver’s record keeper) . . . . . . . 38
78 Amendment of Pt 6.4, Div 3, Subdiv 3, hdg (Record keeping obligations
relating to drivers undertaking 100+km work under standard hours or
operating under BFM hours, AFM hours or exemption hours) . . 38
79 Amendment of s 320 (Application of Sdiv 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
80 Amendment of s 321 (Records record keeper must have) . . . . . 39
81 Amendment of s 325 (False or misleading entries) . . . . . . . . . . . 39
82 Amendment of s 326 (When possessing, or recording information in,
more than 1 work diary relating to the same period is prohibited) 39
83 Amendment of s 327 (Possession of purported work records etc.
prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
84 Amendment of s 328 (False representation about work records
prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
85 Amendment of s 329 (Defacing or changing work records etc. prohibited)
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86 Amendment of s 330 (Making entries in someone else’s work records
prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
87 Amendment of s 331 (Destruction of particular work records prohibited)
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88 Amendment of s 332 (Offence to remove pages from written work diary)
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89 Amendment of s 335 (Person must not tamper with approved electronic
recording system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
90 Amendment of s 336 (Person using approved electronic recording
system must not permit tampering with it) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
91 Omission of Pt 6.4, Div 6 (Obtaining written work diary) . . . . . . . 41
92 Amendment of s 341 (Period for which, and way in which, records must
be kept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
93 Amendment of s 351 (Amendment or cancellation of approval on
application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
94 Amendment of s 358 (Restriction on grant of work diary exemption
(notice)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
95 Replacement of ss 363–374 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
363 Work diary exemption (permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
96 Omission of s 377 (Keeping permit or copy while operating under work
diary exemption (permit)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
97 Replacement of ss 383–393 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
383 Fatigue record keeping exemption (permits) . . . . . . . 43
98 Amendment of s 456 (Purpose of Ch 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
99 Replacement of s 457 (Definitions for Ch 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
457 Requirements for heavy vehicle operations that may be
subject to alternative compliance accreditation . . . . . 44
457A Safety management systems for operators of heavy vehicles
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100 Amendment of s 458 (Regulator’s power to grant heavy vehicle
accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
101 Amendment of s 459 (Application for heavy vehicle accreditation) 45
102 Replacement of s 461 (Restriction on grant of heavy vehicle
accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
461 Restriction on grant of heavy vehicle accreditation . . 45
461A Restriction on grant of fatigue alternative compliance
accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
103 Amendment of s 462 (Conditions of heavy vehicle accreditation) 48
104 Amendment of s 464 (Accreditation certificate for heavy vehicle
accreditation etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
105 Omission of s 466 (Accreditation labels for maintenance management
accreditation and mass management accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . 49
106 Amendment of s 467 (Compliance with conditions of BFM accreditation
or AFM accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
107 Amendment of s 468 (Driver operating under BFM accreditation or AFM