265AExemptions in relation to emergencies [NSW]

265A Exemptions in relation to emergencies [NSW]

265A Exemptions in relation to emergencies [NSW]

(1) A person who is attending an emergency and who is undertaking activities with respect to the control of the emergency in the course of his or her employment or usual business activities is exempt from compliance with this Part in relation to the driving of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle to and from the emergency so long as subsection (2) is complied with.

(2) Any record that would be required to be made under this Chapter if the exemption under subsection (1) were not available—

(a) must be made as soon as practicable after the journey from the emergency is completed; and

(b) must include a record of the following—

(i) the time, date, location and nature of the emergency;

(ii) if the person was asked by another person to attend the emergency, the name and contact details of that other person.

(3) In this section, emergency means an event (or an anticipated event) that—

(a) endangers, or may endanger, life, property or the environment; or

(b) has disrupted, or may disrupt, communications, energy, water supply or sewerage services; or

(c) is declared to be an emergency or disaster by—

(i) the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or

(ii) a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority responsible for managing responses to emergencies or disasters.

Note—

This section is inserted for New South Wales.