16AProvision of applicable schedule to tip truck driver

16A Provision of applicable schedule to tip truck driver

(1) A hirer who engages or intends to engage a tip truck driver (other than through a freight broker) must give the tip truck driver a copy of the applicable rates and costs schedule at least 3 business days before the tip truck driver is engaged.

Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;

5 penalty units in any other case.

(2) A freight broker who procures or arranges the engagement of a tip truck driver by a hirer must give the tip truck driver a copy of the applicable rates and costs schedule at least 3 business days before the tip truck driver is engaged.

Penalty: 25 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;

5 penalty units in any other case.

(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to the second or subsequent engagement of a tip truck driver by the same hirer or through the same freight broker if the interval between engagements does not exceed 12 months.

Notes

1 See section 26A for the manner of giving a rates and costs schedule to a tip truck driver.

2 Section 60P applies to an offence against subsection (1) or (2).

3 A failure to comply with this section may also result in the Tribunal making an order under section 45 regarding payment to the tip truck driver.