54Penalty for truck arriving early or late for booking

54 Penalty for truck arriving early or late for booking

54 Penalty for truck arriving early or late for booking

(1) A carrier who makes a booking for a truck operated by the carrier must ensure that the truck arrives for the booking—

(a) no earlier than the start of the time zone for the booking, and

(b) no later than the end of the time zone for the booking.

(2) A carrier who does not comply with this section is liable to pay the stevedore a financial penalty as follows—

(a) $100 for a truck arriving before the start of the time zone,

(b) $50 for a truck arriving after the end of the time zone but before the end of the extended arrival period, if the stevedore permits the truck entry to the stevedore’s terminal,

(c) $100 for a truck arriving after the end of the time zone but before the end of the extended arrival period, if the stevedore denies the truck entry to the stevedore’s terminal,

(d) $100 for a truck arriving after the end of the time zone and after the end of the extended arrival period, whether the stevedore permits or denies the truck entry to the stevedore’s terminal.

(3) The mandatory standards may provide for the way in which to determine when a truck is considered to have arrived, or failed to arrive, for a booking for the purposes of this section.

(4) The extended arrival period is the period after the end of a time zone for a booking as determined by TfNSW from time to time and notified by TfNSW on its website.