National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Act: Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue – Package No. 1) Regulations 2008
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33. Information that record keeper must record
(1) For section 62(3) substitute – “(3) If the driver is engaging in 100 km work under standard hours, the record keeper: (a) must record: (i) the driver’s name, driver licence number and contact details; and (ii) the dates on which the driver drives a regulated heavy vehicle on a road; and (iii) the registration number shown on the numberplate of each heavy motor vehicle that the driver drives; and (iv) the total of the driver’s work and rest times on each day when the driver drives a regulated heavy vehicle; and (v) the total of the driver’s work and rest times for each week when the driver drives a regulated heavy vehicle; and (vi) the driver’s rosters and trip schedules, including details of driver changeovers; and (b) must keep a copy of payment records relating to the driver, including timesheet records if the driver is paid according to time at work.
Court‑imposed penalty: $2 000.
Infringement notice penalty: $600.
(3A) If the driver is engaging in 100+ km work, or is working under a BFM or AFM accreditation, the record keeper: (a) must record: (i) the driver’s name, driver licence number and contact details; and (ii) the driver’s rosters and trip schedules, including details of driver changeovers; and (b) must keep a copy of all duplicate pages and other copies of work diary entries given to him or her under subsection (8); and (c) must keep a copy of payment records relating to the driver, including timesheet records if the driver is paid according to time at work.
Court‑imposed penalty: $2 000.
Infringement notice penalty: $600.”.
(2) For section 62(8) substitute – “(8) Within 21 days after a day on which the driver drove a regulated heavy vehicle, he or she must give a copy of his or her work diary entries (including any entries made in any supplementary record) for that day to each person who was a record keeper for him or her on that day.
Court‑imposed penalty: $2 000.
Infringement notice penalty: $600.”.