288Keeping copy of permit while driving under work and rest hours exemption (permit)

288 Keeping copy of permit while driving under work and rest hours exemption (permit)

288 Keeping copy of permit while driving under work and rest hours exemption (permit)

(1) The driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle who is driving the vehicle under a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must keep a copy of the permit for the exemption in the driver’s possession.

Maximum penalty—$3000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) If the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle is operating under a work and rest hours exemption (permit) granted to a relevant party for the driver and the relevant party has given the driver a copy of a permit for the purpose of subsection (1), the driver must, as soon as reasonably practicable, return the copy to the relevant party if the driver—

(a) stops working for the relevant party; or

(b) stops operating under the relevant party’s exemption; or

(c) no longer meets the requirements relating to drivers under the relevant party’s exemption.

Maximum penalty—$4000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(3) Each relevant party for a driver mentioned in subsection (1) must ensure the driver complies with subsection (1), unless the relevant party has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—$3000.

(4)–(6) (Repealed)

(7) In this section—

relevant party, for the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, means—

(a) an employer of the driver if the driver is an employed driver; or

(b) a prime contractor of the driver if the driver is a self-employed driver; or

(c) an operator of the vehicle if the driver is making a journey for the operator.

s 288: Am 2016 No 65, sec 51.