Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 278

278 Permit for work and rest hours exemption (permit) etc.

(1) If the Regulator grants a work and rest hours exemption (permit) to a person, the Regulator must give the person—

(a) a permit for the exemption; and

(b) if prescribed circumstances apply to the grant of the exemption—an information notice for the prescribed circumstances.

(2) A permit for a work and rest hours exemption (permit) must state the following—

(a) the name of the person to whom the permit is given;

(b) the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or class of drivers of fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles, to which the exemption applies;

(c) the maximum work times and minimum rest times that apply to drivers operating under the exemption;

(d) the conditions of the exemption, including, if applicable, the condition mentioned in section 276 (1) ;

(e) the period for which the exemption applies.

(3) In this section—

"prescribed circumstances" , for a work and rest hours exemption (permit), means the Regulator has—

(a) imposed conditions on the exemption under section 276 (2) ; or

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

(c) granted the exemption setting maximum work times and minimum rest times different to the maximum work times and minimum rest times sought by the applicant for the exemption; or

(d) granted the exemption for a period less than the period of not more than 3 years sought by the applicant for the exemption.