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Work diaries could be more user friendly

A TRUCK DRIVER’S appeal on a work hours breach has failed but the South Australian Supreme Court judge hearing it has critiqued paper work diaries that fail to emphasise when relevant counted hours start.

It is an issue, related to section 250(1) of the (HVNL) that has proven challenging for magistrates in other cases.

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