Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW)
321Records record keeper must have
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321 Records record keeper must have
321 Records record keeper must have
(1) The driver’s record keeper must, unless the record keeper has a reasonable excuse—
(a) record the following information within the prescribed period—
(i) the driver’s name and contact details;
(ii) the driver’s current driver licence number and the jurisdiction in which the licence was issued;
(iii) the driver’s rosters and trip schedules, including details of driver changeovers; and
(b) keep a copy of all duplicate pages, if any, and other copies of work diary entries, including any entry made in a supplementary record—
(i) given to the record keeper under section 322; or
(ii) as required to be made by the record keeper as a self-employed driver under Division 2; and
(c) keep a copy of payment records relating to the driver, including time sheet records if the driver is paid according to time at work.
Maximum penalty—$6000.
Editorial note.
See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).
(2) The requirement imposed on the record keeper by subsection (1)(a)(ii) is taken to be satisfied if an electronic work diary used by the driver, the information in which is maintained by the record keeper, includes the information mentioned in the provision.
(3) If the driver is operating under BFM hours or AFM hours, the record keeper must, unless the record keeper has a reasonable excuse, also record the following information—
(a) the information required to be kept by the record keeper as a condition of the BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation under which the driver is operating;
(b) the information required to be kept by the record keeper under the BFM standards and business rules or AFM standards and business rules.
Maximum penalty—$6000.
Editorial note.
See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).
Note—
See also section 470 for other record-keeping requirements applying to a record keeper who is an operator operating under a BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation.