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Land Transport Act 1998

Work time and logbooks

30ZA: Director may grant exemptions or approve alternative fatigue management schemes

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“The person in charge can allow changes to driver work times and rest rules”

The Director can make changes to work time rules and logbook requirements for drivers. They can do this if they think about certain important things first.

The Director can give you written permission to change your work hours. They can also say you don’t have to keep a logbook, or only need to do part of it. The Director can even approve a different way to manage how tired drivers get, which might change the usual rules about work and rest times for some drivers.

If the Director gives you permission to change work hours or logbook rules, they can change or take away this permission later by writing to you.

The Director can also take away your permission to not use a logbook if they think you’ve broken the rules or any special conditions they set.

Before the Director approves a new way to manage driver tiredness, they must make sure that the person asking has talked to the drivers who would be affected. This includes talking to unions if the drivers have them.

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Part 4B Work time and logbooks

30ZADirector may grant exemptions or approve alternative fatigue management schemes

  1. If the Director takes into account the criteria specified in section 168D(3), the Director may, upon any conditions that the Director considers appropriate,—

  2. with respect to subpart 1, grant written variations to work time requirements specified in subpart 1 or the rules:
    1. with respect to subpart 2, grant partial or total written exemptions from some or all of the requirements to maintain logbooks:
      1. approve, in accordance with the rules, an alternative fatigue management scheme that varies the work time restrictions or rest time requirements of any rule for specified drivers covered by the relevant transport service licence.

        1. A variation or exemption granted, or an approval given under subsection (1), in relation to work time or logbooks may be amended or revoked at any time by the Director in writing.

        2. The Director may revoke, by notice in writing, any exemption from logbook use granted under the rules if the Director has reason to believe that the person has breached the rules or any conditions imposed under subsection (1).

        3. Before approving an alternative fatigue management scheme under subsection (1)(c), the Director must be satisfied that the applicant has consulted any representatives of the drivers covered by the relevant transport licence (including, but not limited to, unions).

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        • Section 30ZA: inserted, on , by section 19 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
        • Section 30ZA heading: amended, on , by section 58(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
        • Section 30ZA(1): amended, on , by section 5 of the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 9).
        • Section 30ZA(1): amended, on , by section 58(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
        • Section 30ZA(1): amended, on , by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
        • Section 30ZA(1)(c): amended, on , by section 16 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
        • Section 30ZA(2): amended, on , by section 58(3) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
        • Section 30ZA(3): amended, on , by section 58(4) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
        • Section 30ZA(4): amended, on , by section 58(5) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).