New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2005 - REG 58B

58B Limited personal use on rest days

(1) In this clause, "permitted activity" means cleaning or refuelling a regulated heavy vehicle or driving a regulated heavy vehicle.

(2) A rest period of at least 24 continuous hours of stationary rest time that is required to be taken by a driver under this Regulation may include a period of up to one continuous hour of permitted activity that is to be treated as part of that rest time, but only if:

(a) the permitted activity is not done at the direction of the driver’s employer or for fee or reward, and

(b) the beginning of the period of permitted activity occurs at least 3 hours after the beginning of the 24-hour rest period, and

(c) the end of the period of permitted activity occurs at least 3 hours before the end of the 24-hour rest period.

(3) This clause has effect despite clauses 57 and 58.