National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Act: Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue – Package No. 2) Regulations 2009
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12. Driver base
(1) For section 55(1) substitute – “(1) The base of a driver of a regulated heavy vehicle, in relation to particular work, is the place from which he or she normally does the work. (1A) Despite subsection (1), if a driver has not recorded a base in his or her work diary in relation to particular work, for the purposes of this Act the driver’s base in relation to that work is the garage address of the vehicle.”. (2) For section 57(3)(f) substitute – “(f) details of his or her base, unless he or she has previously recorded those details in relation to the work and they are still current; and”.