Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)
sec.273Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements
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sec.273 Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements
The Regulator may, by giving a person a permit as mentioned in section 278 , grant an exemption to allow, for a period of not more than 3 years, a driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or a class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to operate under the maximum work times and minimum rest times stated in the exemption. An exemption under subsection (1) is a work and rest hours exemption (permit) . The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to the operator of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in combination with the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation. The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit)— in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant; or setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant. (sec.273-ssec.1) The Regulator may, by giving a person a permit as mentioned in section 278 , grant an exemption to allow, for a period of not more than 3 years, a driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or a class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to operate under the maximum work times and minimum rest times stated in the exemption. (sec.273-ssec.2) An exemption under subsection (1) is a work and rest hours exemption (permit) . (sec.273-ssec.3) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to the operator of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in combination with the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation. (sec.273-ssec.4) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit)— in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant; or setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant.
- (a) in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant; or
- (b) setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant.