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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to work time and logbooks - Logbooks

79R: Offences and proceedings concerning logbooks

You could also call this:

“Rules about using logbooks correctly and what happens if you break them”

You can commit an offence related to logbooks in several ways. If you keep more than one logbook at the same time, make false statements in a logbook, or leave out important information, you are breaking the law.

If you’re driving a vehicle that needs a logbook, you can get in trouble if you don’t show all your logbooks to an enforcement officer when asked. You can also get in trouble if you show a logbook that has false information, missing important details, or if the writing is too hard to read.

Even if you’re not the driver, you can still commit an offence if you make someone use a vehicle without a proper logbook, or if the logbook has false or missing information.

If you break these rules, you could be punished. If you’re a driver, you might have to pay up to $2,000 and lose your licence for at least a month. The licence you could lose might be for heavy vehicles, transport service vehicles, or vehicles used to carry goods for money. If you’re not a driver, you might have to pay up to $25,000.

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Part 6B Offences relating to work time and logbooks
Logbooks

79ROffences and proceedings concerning logbooks

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. maintains a logbook under section 30ZF while maintaining another logbook under that section; or
    1. makes or causes to be made any false statement in a logbook or allows any omission to occur in the logbook.

      1. Every person commits an offence who, being the driver of a vehicle to which section 30ZF or section 30ZG applies,—

      2. on demand by an enforcement officer fails to produce without delay all logbooks that are so demanded; or
        1. on demand by an enforcement officer produces any logbook that is false in a material particular, whether or not the driver knows of the falsehood; or
          1. on demand by an enforcement officer produces any logbook—
            1. that omits a material particular, whether or not the driver knows of the omission; or
              1. in which any material particular is entered illegibly or in such a manner that the matters specified in the rules cannot be readily ascertained.

              2. Every person, not being the driver of the vehicle, commits an offence where the person requires, directs, or allows a vehicle to which section 30ZF or section 30ZG applies to be used and—

              3. a logbook is not maintained in respect of the driving of that vehicle, whether or not the person knows that a logbook is not maintained; or
                1. the logbook maintained in respect of the driving of that vehicle is false in a material particular, whether or not the person knows of the falsehood; or
                  1. the logbook maintained in respect of the driving of that vehicle omits a material particular, whether or not the person knows of the omission.

                    1. Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction,—

                    2. in the case of a driver to a fine not exceeding $2,000, and the person may, for a period of 1 calendar month or any greater period that the court thinks fit, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive any vehicle that—
                      1. requires a class 2, 3, 4, or 5 licence (as specified in the rules); or
                        1. is used in the relevant transport service; or
                          1. is—
                            1. a heavy motor vehicle; and
                              1. used to carry goods for hire or reward:
                            2. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $25,000.

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                              Notes
                              • Section 79R: inserted, on , by section 39 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
                              • Section 79R(4)(a): amended, on , by section 45(1) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
                              • Section 79R(4)(a)(i): amended, on , by section 45(2) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
                              • Section 79R(4)(a)(ii): amended, on , by section 45(3) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).