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HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 542

Compliance with requirement under this Division

    (1)     A person given a notice under this Division must comply with the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—$10000.

    (2)     An authorised officer who gives a person a notice under section 538, 539 or 541 may, by stating it in the notice, allow the person to delay complying with the notice for a period of up to 1 hour if the authorised officer reasonably believes—

        (a)     the delay is necessary to allow the person time to drive the relevant fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle to the nearest suitable rest place for fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles and it is reasonably safe to allow the person to continue driving the vehicle to that place; or

        (b)     the delay is necessary to allow the person time to attend to, or to secure, the load on the relevant fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle before resting.



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