Individual AS 3859: fined $8,000, false or misleading records, 30 May 2023

Party

Party: Individual AS 3859. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.
Type: Individual
Role: Driver
Reference: AS 3859

The proceeding

Decision: Convicted
Court: Elizabeth Magistrates Court (Local or Magistrates)
Jurisdiction: South Australia
Hearing date: 30 May 2023
Law: Heavy Vehicle National Law
Provisions: s 325(1)
Offence: False or misleading records
Charges: 10

Facts

The defendant was intercepted by South Australia police in January 2022. Comparing the defendant’s Work Diary entries against Safe-T-Cam photographs, 10 separate offences were detected for false or misleading entries in the defendant’s Work Diary. The defendant was convicted on all counts.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine: $8,000

Fines under s 325(1) on the register: $300 to $45,000, median $6,275 across 44 matters.

What the record would have shown

Work diaries and transport records reconciled against independent data (fuel, tolls, telematics), with each discrepancy followed up. How the record works →

Comparable actions

Defendant	Offence	Jurisdiction	Decision	Date	Record
Karl O’Sullivan	Other	NSW	Convicted, fined $7,500	1 May 2024	View the record of Karl O’Sullivan, 1 May 2024
Georgia Campbell	Other	NSW	Convicted, fined $5,000; other order	19 February 2025	View the record of Georgia Campbell, 19 February 2025
Capital Lines and Signs Pty Ltd	Primary duty	NSW	Convicted, fined $38,000	11 November 2024	View the record of Capital Lines and Signs Pty Ltd, 11 November 2024
Profect Construction Pty Ltd	Primary duty	NSW	Convicted, fined $45,000	4 November 2025	View the record of Profect Construction Pty Ltd, 4 November 2025
Berry Raymond Campbell	Executive due diligence	NSW	Convicted, fined $45,000	19 February 2025	View the record of Berry Raymond Campbell, 19 February 2025

Sources

NHVR: Court outcomes (read 14 October 2026)

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