Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Drivers’ Hours (Goods Vehicles) (Milk Collection) (Temporary Exemption) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 11 August 2007.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means Transport Act 1968.

Temporary exemption

2.  Where the driver of any goods vehicle engaged in the collection and transportation of milk meets at least one of the conditions in Regulation 3, the Act shall have effect as if for “eleven hours” in section 96(3)(a) there was substituted “thirteen hours”.

3.  The conditions referred to in Regulation 2 are that the driver spends time driving or on duty during any working day either—

(a)to meet special needs occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain (“the outbreak”), or

(b)to deal with effects or consequences of the outbreak.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations extend the permissible maximum working day of a driver engaged in the collection and transportation of milk, when at least one of the conditions in Regulation 3 applies.

Regulation 3 applies where the driver spends time driving or on duty to meet special needs occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, or to deal with the effects or consequences of such an outbreak.

The working day of a driver, as set out in section 96(3) (a) of the Transport Act 1968, is extended in such cases, from a maximum of eleven to thirteen hours.

A full impact assessment has not been provided for this instrument in view of the urgency with which these Regulations have needed to be made.