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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to work time and logbooks - Logbooks

79R: Offences and proceedings concerning logbooks

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"Rules about keeping and showing logbooks when driving"

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You commit an offence if you keep two logbooks under section 30ZF at the same time. You also commit an offence if you make a false statement in a logbook or leave out important information. You must tell the truth in your logbook. You commit an offence if you are driving a vehicle and you do not show your logbook to an enforcement officer when they ask. You also commit an offence if your logbook is false or missing important information. You must keep your logbook up to date and accurate. If you are not the driver but you are in charge of a vehicle, you commit an offence if you let someone drive without a logbook. You also commit an offence if the logbook is false or missing important information. You must make sure the driver keeps a logbook. If you commit an offence, you can be fined up to $2,000 if you are the driver. You can also be stopped from driving certain vehicles for a month or more. If you are not the driver, you can be fined up to $25,000.

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Part 6BOffences 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).