24Brief outline of Part 3

24 Brief outline of Part 3

(1) This Part: (a) establishes the Transitional Fatigue Management Scheme (TFMS) for heavy truck drivers and the employers of heavy truck drivers; and (b) provides for other matters about TFMS.

Note: This Part applies only to the driving of heavy trucks. However, driving, work and rest time spent in relation to commercial buses is taken into account in working out the driving, work and rest times of heavy truck drivers.

(2) This Part also sets maximum driving and work times, and minimum rest times, for heavy truck drivers to whom TFMS applies by reference to 3 periods, which are called: • relevant period 1 • relevant period 2 • relevant period 3. (3) A heavy truck driver to whom TFMS applies must ensure that, for each relevant period applying to the driver: (a) the driver’s total driving time does not exceed the driver’s maximum driving time; and (b) the driver’s total work time does not exceed the driver’s maximum work time; and (c) the driver’s rest time complies with the driver’s required minimum rest time.