NHVR court outcome, unnamedConvicted

Individual AS 6791: fined $1,600, fatigue, 21 April 2023

Party

Party: Individual AS 6791. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.
Type: Individual
Role: Role not stated
Reference: AS 6791

The proceeding

Decision: Convicted
Court: Goulburn Local Court (Local or Magistrates)
Jurisdiction: New South Wales
Hearing date: 21 April 2023
Law: Heavy Vehicle National Law
Provisions: s 250(1)(a)
Offence: Fatigue

Facts

A heavy vehicle was intercepted at Marulan Heavy Vehicle Checking Station. The driver of the vehicle produced Work Diary records which showed he had worked 14 hours and 15 minutes in a 24-hour period which amounted to a critical risk breach.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine: $1,600

Fines under s 250(1)(a) on the register: $0 to $45,000, median $4,800 across 103 matters.

Orders

Supervisory intervention order, 6 months

What the record would have shown

Each driver's work and rest hours set against the work diary before the run, with who checked and when. How the record works →

Comparable actions

Defendant	Offence	Jurisdiction	Decision	Date	Record
Punjab Roadtrains Pty Ltd	Fatigue	VIC	Prohibition notice; prohibition order	Date not stated	View the record of Punjab Roadtrains Pty Ltd, Date not stated
Southern Cross Freight Lines Pty Ltd	Fatigue	Not stated	Prohibition notice; prohibition order	Date not stated	View the record of Southern Cross Freight Lines Pty Ltd, Date not stated
Georgia Campbell	Other	NSW	Convicted, fined $5,000; other order	19 February 2025	View the record of Georgia Campbell, 19 February 2025
Karl O’Sullivan	Other	NSW	Convicted, fined $7,500	1 May 2024	View the record of Karl O’Sullivan, 1 May 2024
Qube Ports Pty Ltd	Mass	NSW	Enforceable undertaking accepted; enforceable undertaking	Date not stated	View the record of Qube Ports Pty Ltd, Date not stated

Sources

NHVR: Court outcomes (read 14 October 2026)

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