FATIGUE LEGISLATION

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• FATIGUE LEGISLATION
• THE LAW

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• New National Heavy Vehicle Fatigue
• Driving Hours laws

• commence on 29 September 2008
• revised work and rest limits
• require better management of driver fatigue
• Who is responsible?
• The new laws require all parties in the supply
  chain to manage the causes of heavy vehicle
  driver fatigue.
• If your actions, inactions or demands cause or
  contribute to road safety breaches then you may
  be legally accountable.
• Authorities can investigate along the supply
  chain and corporate chain of command.

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2. National Chain of Responsibility Law

• The new law falls within the requirements of
  Chain of Responsibility for all businesses
• Parties in the Chain of Responsibility (in
  addition to the driver) include
• employer of a driver (up to Director Board
  level)
• prime contractor of a driver
• operator of a vehicle
• scheduler of goods or passengers for transport by
  the vehicle and also the scheduler of the driver
• consignor and consignee of the goods
• loading manager and
• loader and unloader of the goods

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Managing Director
SUPPLIER
Sales
Scheduler
Dispatcher
Loader
Packer
Sched
Buyer
GMgr
Loader
MD
Driver
Dispatcher
Contract Mgr
State Mgr
General Mgr
Managing Director
TRANSPORT COMPANY
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3. OHS Law

• OHS reforms have redefined fatigue as a
  workplace hazard.
• Management
• Responsible for preventing excessive duration of
  wakefulness at work and inadequate sleep
  opportunities between shifts.
• Employees
• Responsible for using time between work periods
  to obtain sufficient sleep. Employees must notify
  the company if this does not occur.
• Management
• Responsible for providing clear guidelines on
  how to manage an insufficient sleep/excessive
  wake incident