After regulation 42 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Division 2:

42AA.     Transitional

(1)  In this regulation –

amendment regulations means the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Amendment Regulations 2008 ;

commencement day means the day on which the amendment regulations take effect;

national driver logbook means a national driver logbook issued by the Commission under this Division before the commencement day;

specified driver means the driver of a controlled vehicle who, immediately before the commencement day, was required to record his or her driving time, work time (that is not driving time) and rest time in respect of the vehicle in a national driver logbook.

(2)  A specified driver must, within 90 days after the commencement day –

(a) apply to the Commission for a national driver work diary; and

(b) give the national driver logbook to the Commission with the application unless the national driver logbook has been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  Subregulation (2) does not apply to a specified driver who only uses the national driver logbook to maintain a driving hours record for local area work.

(4)  When a specified driver gives it a national driver logbook, the Commission must –

(a) cancel any unused daily sheets in the national driver logbook; and

(b) return the national driver logbook to the driver when it issues a national driver work diary to the driver.

(5)  If a national driver logbook has been lost, stolen or destroyed, an application under this regulation for a national driver work diary must –

(a) state the national driver logbook's number and that it has been lost, stolen or destroyed; and

(b) be accompanied by a statutory declaration outlining the circumstances of the loss, theft or destruction.

(6)  Until a specified driver applies for a national driver work diary in accordance with subregulation (2) , a reference in regulations 40 , 40A , 40B , 40C , 42E , 42F , 42G and 42H to a national driver work diary is taken to be a reference to a national driver logbook.

(7)  If, on the commencement day, a driver has an exemption under regulation 42G from recording requirements in a national driver logbook, that driver is taken to have an exemption under regulation 42G from the recording requirements in a national driver work diary issued under this regulation.