55What is a driver’s base and record location

55 What is a driver’s base and record location

(1) The base of a driver of a regulated heavy vehicle is: (a) the place from which the driver normally works; or (b) if the driver has not recorded the place specified in paragraph (a) in his or her work diary, the garage address of the vehicle. (2) The garage address of a vehicle is: (a) if the vehicle is normally kept at a depot when not in use—the principal depot at which it is kept; or (b) in any other case—the home address of the registered operator. (3) If a driver is a self‑employed driver and an employed driver at different times, the driver may have 1 base as a self‑employed driver and another base as an employed driver. (4) If a driver has 2 or more employers, the driver may have a different base in relation to each employer. (5) The record location of a driver is: (a) a place which the record keeper has instructed the driver is the record location; or (b) if the record keeper has not instructed the driver as specified in paragraph (a), the driver’s base.

Note: Record keeper is defined in section 62(2).