273Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements

273 Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements

273 Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements

(1) The Regulator may, by giving a person a permit as mentioned in section 278, grant an exemption to allow, for a period of not more than 3 years, a driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or a class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to operate under the maximum work times and minimum rest times stated in the exemption.

(2) An exemption under subsection (1) is a work and rest hours exemption (permit).

(3) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to the operator of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in combination with the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation.

(4) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit)—

(a) in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant; or

(b) setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant.