Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 273

273 Regulator’s power to exempt drivers from particular maximum work requirements and minimum rest requirements

(1) The Regulator may, by giving a person a permit as mentioned in section 278 , grant an exemption to allow, for a period of not more than 3 years, a driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or a class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to operate under the maximum work times and minimum rest times stated in the exemption.

(2) An exemption under subsection (1) is a
"work and rest hours exemption (permit)" .

(3) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to the operator of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in combination with the operator’s BFM accreditation or AFM accreditation.

(4) The Regulator may grant a work and rest hours exemption (permit)—

(a) in a way that does not cover all the drivers sought by the applicant; or

(b) setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant.