Queensland Numbered Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2013 No. 4 - SECT 240

A person must not ask, direct or require, directly or indirectly, the driver of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, or a party in the chain of responsibility for a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle, to do or not do something the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, would have the effect of causing the vehicle's driver to—

(a) drive while impaired by fatigue; or

(b) drive while in breach of the driver's work and rest hours option; or

(c) drive in breach of another law in order to avoid driving while impaired by fatigue or while in breach of the driver's work and rest hours option.

Example of a requirement that contravenes this section—

a requirement that the driver complete a journey in a time the person knows or ought reasonably to know can not be complied with unless the driver commits a speeding offence or does not have all the rest time the driver is required to have under this Law

Maximum penalty—$10000.

Note—

See section 632 for the matters a court may consider when deciding whether a person ought reasonably to have known something.