Individual · no NHVR reference: fined $10,000, false or misleading records, 27 November 2020

Party

Party: Individual · no NHVR reference. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.
Type: Individual
Role: Driver

The proceeding

Decision: Convicted
Court: Elizabeth Magistrates Court (Local or Magistrates)
Jurisdiction: South Australia
Hearing date: 27 November 2020
Law: Heavy Vehicle National Law
Provisions: s 325
Offence: False or misleading records
Charges: 7

Facts

A driver was charged with seven counts of entering false or misleading information into his Work Diary over the period of about one month. He had regularly recorded that he was resting at a particular location in the Barossa Valley when he was undertaking work activity.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine: $10,000

Fines under s 325 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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