National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Act: Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue – Package No. 1) Regulations 2008
29. Changes concerning work diaries29. Changes concerning work diaries
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29. Changes concerning work diaries
(1) In section 56 – (a) in subsection (2), for “information for the last 28 days” substitute “, for the last 28 days, the information required by section 57”; (b) in subsection (2), for note 1 substitute –
Note: “Note 1: If a driver’s work diary is destroyed, lost, stolen or stops being operational, section 59(1A) requires the driver to record information in a supplementary record.”;
(c) omit sub‑section (3)(b).
(2) After section 56(3) insert – “(3A) If the driver has made any supplementary record in the last 28 days, as required by section 59(1A), for the purposes of sub‑section (3) the work diary includes the supplementary record.”. (3) In section 57(3) – (a) in paragraph (f), omit “and the time zone of the base”; (b) after paragraph (g) insert – “; and (h) details of the time zone of the base.”. (4) After section 57(5) insert – “(5A) A driver in a two‑up driving arrangement must, at the request of the other driver to the arrangement, provide the other driver with any details the other driver needs to be able to comply with subsection (4)(f).
Court‑imposed penalty: $2 000.
Infringement notice penalty: $600.”.