19. Splitting of daily off-duty time — team of drivers

(1) A team of drivers driving a commercial vehicle fitted with a sleeper berth may meet the mandatory off-duty time and daily off-duty time requirements of sections 13 and 14 by accumulating off-duty time in no more than 2 periods if

(a) neither period of off-duty time is shorter than 4 hours;

(b) the off-duty time is spent resting in the sleeper berth;

(c) the sleeper berth meets the requirements of Schedule 1;

(d) the total of the driving time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not exceed 13 hours;

(e) the elapsed time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not include any driving time after the 16^th hour after the driver comes on duty;

(f) none of the daily off-duty time is deferred to the next day; and

(g) the total of the on-duty time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time referred to in paragraph (b) does not include any driving time after the 14^th hour.

(2) The 16^th hour is calculated by

(a) excluding any period spent in the sleeper berth that is 4 hours or more in duration and that, when added to a subsequent period in the sleeper berth, totals at least 8 hours; and

(b) including

• (i) all on-duty time,
• (ii) all off-duty time not spent in the sleeper berth,
• (iii) all periods of less than 4 hours spent in the sleeper berth, and
• (iv) any other period spent in the sleeper berth that does notqualify as counting towards meeting the requirements of this section.

(3) [Repealed, SOR/2019-165, s. 7]

SOR/2019-165, s. 7