Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW)
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249 Standard hours
249 Standard hours
(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.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the national regulations may prescribe—
(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.
(3) A minor risk breach prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) is not a contravention of section 250 or 251.
s 249: Am 2015 No 12, sec 23.