Individual AS 4226: convicted, false or misleading records, 23 February 2023

Party

Party

Individual AS 4226. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.

Type

Individual

Role

Driver

Reference

AS 4226

The proceeding

Decision

Convicted

Court

Port Augusta Magistrates Court (Local or Magistrates)

Jurisdiction

South Australia

Hearing date

23 February 2023

Law

Heavy Vehicle National Law

Provisions

s 701, s 702, s 568

Offence

False or misleading records

Facts

Upon being intercepted while driving, the defendant was requested to produce their Work Diary to officers. They refused to do so, stating that they had lost the diary. They then provided inaccurate supplementary Work Diary sheets to the officers. Upon searching the cabin, the officers located their Work Diary. The defendant was subsequently charged with making a false statement, providing false documents, and also failing to comply with a direction issued by officers. The defendant had a significant history of heavy vehicle related offending involving providing false or misleading information to officials, failing to record work activity, failure to comply with lawful directions and exceeding allowable work hours. An application was made to the court to impose a Supervisory Intervention Order (SIO) on the defendant based on their ongoing, persistent offending.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine

Not stated

Fines under s 701 on the register: $5,000 to $8,500, median $6,000 across 3 matters. Fines under s 702 on the register: $4,800 to $14,000, median $9,000 across 4 matters. Fines under s 568 on the register: $5,000 to $45,000, median $45,000 across 3 matters.

Orders

• Supervisory intervention order, 6 months

Comparable actions

Sources

• NHVR: Court outcomes (read 14 October 2026)