New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 407

407 Advising driver of driver's obligations about reporting system malfunctions

(1) The operator of an intelligent access program vehicle, before the vehicle begins a journey, must, unless the operator has a reasonable excuse, ensure the vehicle's driver is told--

(a) about the vehicle driver's obligation under section 408; and

(b) how the vehicle's driver can make the reports required by that obligation.

: Maximum penalty--$6000.

Editorial note--: See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) The operator of an intelligent access program vehicle is taken to comply with subsection (1) if the operator--

(a) gives the vehicle's driver a notice stating the information mentioned in the subsection, including, for example, by placing it in the vehicle's driving cabin in a clearly visible position; or

(b) includes the information mentioned in the subsection in a written contract of employment between the operator and the vehicle's driver.

(3) The national regulations may prescribe--

(a) a form of notice that may be used under subsection (2)(a); and

(b) for the purposes of subsection (2)(b), a standard form of words that may be used as part of a written contract of employment.