HEAVY VEHICLE (FATIGUE MANAGEMENT) NATIONAL REGULATION (NSW) - REG 6
Standard hours--solo drivers of fatigue-regulated buses
HEAVY VEHICLE (FATIGUE MANAGEMENT) NATIONAL REGULATION (NSW) - REG 6
Standard hours--solo drivers of fatigue-regulated buses
6 Standard hours--solo drivers of fatigue-regulated buses
(1) Table 2 in Schedule 1 sets out the standard hours for the solo driver of a
fatigue-regulated bus.
(2) For each period stated in column 1--
(a) column 2
states the maximum work time for the driver; and
(b) column 3 states the
minimum rest time for the driver.
Note--: Column 3 refers to a block of time
unless blocks of time are referred to. Each night rest break is a block of
time.
(3) A contravention of section 250(1) of the Law for any period stated
in column 1 is a breach of the risk category stated in column 4 for the
circumstance of the contravention.
(4) If, apart from this subsection, the
driver would commit a minor risk breach in relation to a total period stated
in column 1 that is not more than 24 hours, the driver does not commit the
minor risk breach if--
(a) the period the driver works in excess of the
maximum work time stated in column 2 for the corresponding total period stated
in column 1 is not more than 8 minutes; and
(b) the driver uses an electronic
work diary to record the period the driver works that is mentioned in
paragraph (a).
(5) In this section, a reference to a column by number is a
reference to the column of that number in Table 2 in Schedule 1.
