468Driver operating under BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation must carry accreditation details

468 Driver operating under BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation must carry accreditation details

468 Driver operating under BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation must carry accreditation details

(1) The driver of a heavy vehicle who is operating under a BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation must keep in the driver’s possession—

(a) a copy of the accreditation certificate for the accreditation; and

(b) a document, signed by the operator of the vehicle who holds the accreditation, stating that the driver—

(i) is operating under the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation; and

(ii) has been inducted into the operator’s relevant management system; and

(iii) meets the requirements relating to drivers operating under the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation (if any); and

(c) for a driver operating under AFM accreditation, a document stating the AFM hours applying under the accreditation.

Example for the purposes of paragraph (c)—

The driver records a statement of the AFM hours applying under the AFM accreditation in the driver’s electronic work diary (which is a document).

Maximum penalty—$3000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) Subsection (1) applies even if the driver and operator are the same person.

(3) The operator of the vehicle must ensure the driver complies with subsection (1), unless the operator has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—$3000.

(4)–(6) (Repealed)

s 468: Am 2014 No 43, sec 6; 2016 No 65, sec 84.