407Advising driver of driver’s obligations about reporting system malfunctions

407 Advising driver of driver’s obligations about reporting system malfunctions

407 Advising driver of driver’s obligations about reporting system malfunctions

(1) The operator of an intelligent access program vehicle, before the vehicle begins a journey, must, unless the operator has a reasonable excuse, ensure the vehicle’s driver is told—

(a) about the vehicle driver’s obligation under section 408; and

(b) how the vehicle’s driver can make the reports required by that obligation.

Maximum penalty—$6000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) The operator of an intelligent access program vehicle is taken to comply with subsection (1) if the operator—

(a) gives the vehicle’s driver a notice stating the information mentioned in the subsection, including, for example, by placing it in the vehicle’s driving cabin in a clearly visible position; or

(b) includes the information mentioned in the subsection in a written contract of employment between the operator and the vehicle’s driver.

(3) The national regulations may prescribe—

(a) a form of notice that may be used under subsection (2)(a); and

(b) for the purposes of subsection (2)(b), a standard form of words that may be used as part of a written contract of employment.

s 407: Am 2016 No 65, secs 73, 139.