NHVR court outcome, unnamedConvicted

Individual AS 8058: fined $5,000, fatigue, 12 July 2023

Party

Party: Individual AS 8058. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.
Type: Individual
Role: Role not stated
Reference: AS 8058

The proceeding

Decision: Convicted
Court: Gosford Local Court (Local or Magistrates)
Jurisdiction: New South Wales
Hearing date: 12 July 2023
Law: Heavy Vehicle National Law
Provisions: s 250(1)(a)
Offence: Fatigue

Facts

The accused drove a fatigued related heavy vehicle. Within a 24-hour period, the accused worked for 14 hours and 45 minutes continuously, when the maximum hours are 12-hours and thereby committing a critical risk breach.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine: $5,000

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

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
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

Sources

NHVR: Court outcomes (read 14 October 2026)

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