Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - 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.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—$6000.

(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.