18Provision of revised schedule to contractor during engagement

18 Provision of revised schedule to contractor during engagement

(1) A hirer who has engaged a contractor (other than through a freight broker) must, during the engagement, give the contractor a copy of each revision of the applicable rates and costs schedule as soon as practicable after the revision is published.

(2) A freight broker who has procured or arranged the engagement of a contractor by a hirer must, during the engagement, give the contractor a copy of each revision of the applicable rates and costs schedule as soon as practicable after the revision is published.

(3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply if the contractor is engaged for a period of less than 30 days.

(4) However, if a contractor is engaged by the same hirer or through the same freight broker for a total of at least 30 days in any 3 month period, the most recently published applicable schedule must be given to the contractor on the 30th day on which the contractor is engaged in that period.

S. 18(5) substituted by No. 33/2019 s. 15(1).

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply in relation to a tip truck driver.

Note to s. 18 substituted as Notes by No. 33/2019 s. 15(2).

Notes

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

2 A failure to comply with this section may result in the Tribunal making an order under section 45 regarding payment to the contractor.

Division 3—Requirements for ongoing engagements