New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2005 - REG 149

149 Existing logbooks

(1) A driver may continue to use a logbook issued under the repealed Regulation as if it was a work diary for the purposes of this Part:

(a) if the driver is working under standard hours-for 90 days after the commencement of this clause or until the driver has obtained a work diary, whichever occurs first, or

(b) if the driver is working under BFM hours (as permitted by clause 145 (Period of grace for certain drivers))-for 90 days after the commencement of this clause or until the driver has obtained a work diary, whichever occurs first, or

(c) if the driver is working under BFM hours in any other circumstance or under AFM hours-for 14 days after the commencement of this clause or until the driver has obtained a work diary, whichever occurs first.

(2) A driver who is using a logbook under subclause (1) must comply with Part 4 of the repealed Regulation as if that Part continued to apply.

(3) If a driver is working under the hours specified in a Fatigue Management Scheme exemption under the repealed Regulation (as permitted by clause 145 (Period of grace for certain drivers)), the driver may continue to use a document specified in that exemption as if it was a work diary for the purposes of this Part for the period specified in that clause or until the exemption is cancelled.

(4) For the purposes of this section:

(a) a reference in clause 81 (Information that record keeper must record) to a work diary is to be read as if it was a reference to the logbook, and

(b) if the driver is working under BFM hours (as permitted by clause 145 (Period of grace for certain drivers))-the driver’s employer is the record keeper for the purposes of clause 81, and

(c) reference in clause 93 (Issue of written work diaries) to an existing written work diary is to be read as if it was a reference to the logbook.