Road Safety (General) Amendment (Fatigue Management) Regulations 2008
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Road Safety (General) Amendment (Fatigue
Management) Regulations 2008
S.R. No. 115/2008
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Amendments to Schedule 4 2
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STATUTORY RULES 2008
S.R. No. 115/2008
Road Safety Act 1986
Road Safety (General) Amendment (Fatigue
Management) Regulations 2008
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 23 September 2008
Responsible Minister:
TIM PALLAS
Minister for Roads and Ports
ZOE WONG
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe
as infringements for the purposes of Part 7 of the
Road Safety Act 1986 certain offences that
involve breaches of fatigue management
requirements that apply to heavy vehicles.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 95 of
the Road Safety Act 1986.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
29 September 2008.
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4 Amendments to Schedule 4
(1) In Schedule 4 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 1999 1 , after the item relating to the
code number 2180, omit "Commercial Vehicles".
(2) In Schedule 4 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 1999, the items relating to the
code numbers 2162, 2163 and 2165 are revoked.
(3) In Schedule 4 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 1999, after the item relating to
code 2172, insert—
"Fatigue Management
7301 Solo driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191L(2)(a)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7302 Solo driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191L(2)(a)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7303 Solo driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period of 11 hours or
less—minor risk
offence
RSA
191L(2)(b)
and (4)
2 penalty
units
r. 4
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7304 Solo driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period greater than
11 hours—minor risk
offence
RSA
191L(2)(b)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7305 Solo driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191L(2)(b)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7306 Solo driver of a bus
not working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191M(2)(a)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7307 Solo driver of a bus
not working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191M(2)(a)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7308 Solo driver of a bus
not working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period of 11 hours or
less—minor risk
offence
RSA
191M(2)(b)
and (4)
2 penalty
units
r. 4
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7309 Solo driver of a bus
not working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period greater than
11 hours—minor risk
offence
RSA
191M(2)(b)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7310 Solo driver of a bus
not working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191M(2)(b)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7311 Two-up driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191N(2)(a)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7312 Two-up driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191N(2)(a)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7313 Two-up driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period of 11 hours or
less—minor risk
offence
RSA
191N(2)(b)
and (4)
2 penalty
units
r. 4
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7314 Two-up driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period greater than
11 hours—minor risk
offence
RSA
191N(2)(b)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7315 Two-up driver not
working under
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191N(2)(b)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7316 Solo driver working
under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191O(2)(a)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7317 Solo driver working
under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191O(2)(a)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7318 Solo driver working
under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period of 12 hours or
less—minor risk
offence
RSA
191O(2)(b)
and (4)
2 penalty
units
r. 4
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7319 Solo driver working
under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement required
to be taken in any
period greater than
12 hours—minor risk
offence
RSA
191O(2)(b)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7320 Solo driver working
under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191O(2)(b)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7321 Two-up driver
working under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191P(2)(a)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
7322 Two-up driver
working under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
maximum work
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191P(2)(a)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7323 Two-up driver
working under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—minor
risk offence
RSA
191P(2)(b)
and (4)
3 penalty
units
r. 4
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7324 Two-up driver
working under BFM
accreditation who
contravenes
minimum rest
requirement—
substantial risk
offence
RSA
191P(2)(b)
and (4)
6 penalty
units
7331 Fail to comply with
requirements for
changing from one
work/rest hours
option to a different
work/rest hours
option
RSA 191R(3) 6 penalty
units
7332 Fail to record
information in work
diary immediately
after starting work on
relevant day
RSA 191T(2) 6 penalty
units
7333 Fail to record
information in work
diary immediately
before or after
work/rest change on
relevant day
RSA 191T(3) 6 penalty
units
7334 Fail to record total
work time and total
rest time
immediately before
finishing work on
relevant day
RSA 191T(4) 6 penalty
units
7336 Fail to comply with
requirements for how
to record information
in a written work
diary
RSA 191U(1) 6 penalty
units
7337 Fail to comply with
requirements for how
to record information
in an electronic work
diary
RSA 191U(2) 6 penalty
units
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7338 Fail to record in
work diary time in
time zone of driver
base of vehicle
RSA 191U(3) 6 penalty
units
7340 Fail to comply with
requirements when
lost or stolen written
work diary is found
or returned after
replacement work
diary has been issued
RSA 191V(3) 8 penalty
units
7341 Fail to notify record
keeper of
malfunctioning
electronic work diary
RSA 191V(4) 8 penalty
units
7342 Fail to inform
relevant persons of
malfunctioning
odometer
RSA 191W(3) 8 penalty
units
7343 Fail to give copy of
driver’s diary entries
to record keeper
RSA 191Y(7) 6 penalty
units
7344 Fail to give copy of
information recorded
in work diary upon
changing record
keepers
RSA 191Y(9) 6 penalty
units
7346 Fail to advise of
change or end of
BFM accreditation,
in the case of a
corporation
RSA 191ZO 30 penalty
units
7347 Fail to advise of
change or end of
BFM accreditation,
in any other case
RSA 191ZO 6 penalty
units
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7355 Fail to advise of
change or end of
AFM accreditation,
in the case of a
corporation
RSA 191ZY 30 penalty
units
7356 Fail to advise of
change or end of
AFM accreditation,
in any other case
RSA 191ZY 6 penalty
units".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 27/1999. Reprint No. 4 as at 1 July 2008. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 79/2008. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 104/2008.
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