South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
make regulations to establish a scheme for the management of fatigue in
drivers of regulated heavy vehicles.
(2) Without limiting
the effect of subsection (1), the regulations under this section may make
provision relating to—
(a) the
periods that drivers of regulated heavy vehicles spend working and resting;
and
(b) the
keeping, production and inspection of records; and
(c) the
specifying of, and obligations of, parties in the chain of responsibility in
relation to a regulated heavy vehicle; and
(d)
powers of police officers and authorised officers in relation to the
enforcement of the regulations; and
(e)
powers of police officers and authorised officers to give directions to
drivers of regulated heavy vehicles; and
(f) the
recognition of administrative decisions in other jurisdictions in relation to
the management of fatigue in drivers of regulated heavy vehicles.
(3) The regulations
under this section may—
(a) make
provision for periods spent by drivers of regulated heavy vehicles driving,
working or resting outside the State to be taken into account for the purposes
of the regulations; and
(b)
provide for the granting, variation, revocation and suspension of exemptions
(whether conditional or otherwise) from any provision of the regulations; and
(c)
prescribe and provide for the payment of fees in respect of specified matters;
and
(d) make
provisions of a savings or transitional nature; and
(e)
prescribe penalties, not exceeding $50 000, for offences against the
regulations; and
(f) fix
expiation fees, not exceeding $1 250, for alleged offences against the
regulations.
(4) In this
section—
"regulated heavy vehicle" means a motor vehicle of a class declared by the
regulations to be a regulated heavy vehicle.