278Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

278 Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

278 Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

(1) If the Regulator grants a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to a person, the Regulator must give the person—

(a) a permit for the exemption; and

(b) if prescribed circumstances apply to the grant of the exemption—an information notice for the prescribed circumstances.

(2) A permit for a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must state the following—

(a) the name of the person to whom the permit is given;

(b) the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to which the exemption applies;

(c) the maximum work times and minimum rest times that apply to drivers operating under the exemption;

(d) the conditions of the exemption, including, if applicable, the condition mentioned in section 276(1);

(e) the period for which the exemption applies.

(3) In this section—

prescribed circumstances, for a work and rest hours exemption (permit), means the Regulator has—

(a) imposed conditions on the exemption under section 276(2); or

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

(c) granted the exemption setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant for the exemption; or

(d) granted the exemption for a period less than the period of not more than 3 years sought by the applicant for the exemption.