132Information about TFMS etc

132 Information about TFMS etc

(1) An authorised person may ask the driver of a heavy truck whether the driver is registered as a driver participant in TFMS. (2) If the driver claims to be registered as a driver participant in TFMS, the authorised person may ask the driver: (a) to produce his or her current driver certification manual for inspection; and (b) whether the driver is an employed driver. (3) If the driver claims to be an employed driver, the authorised person may ask the driver: (a) the employer’s name and the address of the place where the employer manages the employment of drivers; and (b) whether the employer is registered as an employer participant in TFMS; and (c) if so, the employer’s TFMS registration number. (4) Subregulation (5) applies to the driver if: (a) the driver does not immediately produce his or her driver certification manual for inspection when asked to produce it by the authorised person; or (b) the driver does not answer a question that the authorised person asks him or her under this regulation. (5) For the application of Part 2 (Regulated hours) to the driver, the driver is taken not to have been at any time in the last 336 hours registered as a driver participant in TFMS.

Note: Example: If, for a relevant period under Part 2, the driver’s total driving time exceeds the driver’s maximum driving time, the driver can be dealt with for an offence against regulation 19 (Regulated hours—maximum driving times), whether or not the driver is registered as a driver participant in TFMS.

(6) In this regulation:

driver certification manual includes a corresponding driver certification manual.

TFMS includes a corresponding TFMS.