sec.278Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

sec.278 Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

If the Regulator grants a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to a person, the Regulator must give the person— a permit for the exemption; and if prescribed circumstances apply to the grant of the exemption—an information notice for the prescribed circumstances. A permit for a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must state the following— the name of the person to whom the permit is given; the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to which the exemption applies; the maximum work times and minimum rest times that apply to drivers operating under the exemption; the conditions of the exemption, including, if applicable, the condition mentioned in section 276 (1) ; the period for which the exemption applies. In this section— prescribed circumstances , for a work and rest hours exemption (permit), means the Regulator has— imposed conditions on the exemption under section 276 (2) ; or granted the exemption in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant for the exemption; or granted the exemption setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant for the exemption; or granted the exemption for a period less than the period of not more than 3 years sought by the applicant for the exemption. (sec.278-ssec.1) If the Regulator grants a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to a person, the Regulator must give the person— a permit for the exemption; and if prescribed circumstances apply to the grant of the exemption—an information notice for the prescribed circumstances. (sec.278-ssec.2) A permit for a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must state the following— the name of the person to whom the permit is given; the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to which the exemption applies; the maximum work times and minimum rest times that apply to drivers operating under the exemption; the conditions of the exemption, including, if applicable, the condition mentioned in section 276 (1) ; the period for which the exemption applies. (sec.278-ssec.3) In this section— prescribed circumstances , for a work and rest hours exemption (permit), means the Regulator has— imposed conditions on the exemption under section 276 (2) ; or granted the exemption in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant for the exemption; or granted the exemption setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant for the exemption; or granted the exemption for a period less than the period of not more than 3 years sought by the applicant for the exemption.

• (a) a permit for the exemption; and