National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Act: Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue – Package No. 1) Regulations 2008
37. Approval of AFM accreditation hours 37. Approval of AFM accreditation hours limits
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37. Approval of AFM accreditation hours limits
(1) For section 84(5) substitute – “(5) In approving the work and rest hours limits that are applicable to a particular AFM accreditation, the Authority: (a) must be satisfied that the limits appear to provide a safe balance between work, rest, risk management and fatigue countermeasures; and (b) must not set limits that: (i) allow a driver to work more than the work time allowed, or to have less than the rest time required, in the AFM outer limits; or (ii) that the Authority considers would be unsafe, having regard to the operator’s AFM fatigue management proposal and any relevant body of fatigue knowledge.
Note: Section 52A(1) sets out the AFM outer limits. Section 83(3) explains what an AFM fatigue management proposal is.”.
(2) Omit section 84(10).