NHVR court outcome, unnamedConvicted

Defendant AS 4565: fined $1,000, fatigue, 8 August 2022

Party

Party: Defendant AS 4565. The NHVR publishes court outcomes without the defendant's name.
Role: Role not stated
Reference: AS 4565

The proceeding

Decision: Convicted
Court: Finley Local Court (Local or Magistrates)
Jurisdiction: New South Wales
Hearing date: 8 August 2022
Law: Heavy Vehicle National Law
Provisions: s 250(1)(b)
Offence: Fatigue
Charges: 2

Facts

The defendant was charged with 1 count of solo driver rest less than standard minimum time – critical risk. The defendant had one prior relevant offence of making a false or misleading entry in a work record.

As reported by NHVR.

Penalty

Fine: $1,000

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

Orders

Supervisory intervention order

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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