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HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 248B

Certain personal activities may be counted as part of rest time [NSW]

248B Certain personal activities may be counted as part of rest time [NSW]

(1) A rest period of at least 24 continuous hours of stationary rest time that is required to be taken by a driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle under this Chapter may include a period of up to one continuous hour of permitted personal activity that is to be treated as part of that rest time, but only if--
(a) the permitted personal 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 personal activity occurs at least 3 hours after the beginning of the 24-hour rest period; and
(c) the end of the period of permitted personal activity occurs at least 3 hours before the end of the 24-hour rest period.
(2) A
"permitted personal activity" means any of the following--
(a) cleaning or refuelling a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle;
(b) driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle.
(3) This section has effect despite the definitions of
"rest" and
"work" in section 221.
Note--: This section is inserted for New South Wales.



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