542Compliance with requirement under this Division

542 Compliance with requirement under this Division

542 Compliance with requirement under this Division

(1) A person given a notice under this Division must comply with the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—$10000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) An authorised officer who gives a person a notice under section 538, 539 or 541 may, by stating it in the notice, allow the person to delay complying with the notice for a period of up to 1 hour if the authorised officer reasonably believes—

(a) the delay is necessary to allow the person time to drive the relevant fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle to the nearest suitable rest place for fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles and it is reasonably safe to allow the person to continue driving the vehicle to that place; or

(b) the delay is necessary to allow the person time to attend to, or to secure, the load on the relevant fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle before resting.