Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 3 U.K. Scope

1. Tachographs shall be installed and used in vehicles F1 ... which are used for the carriage of passengers or goods by road and to which Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 applies.

[F2 1za Other than in the case of vehicles equipped with a smart tachograph 2, a smart tachograph 1 must be installed and used in vehicles registered for the first time on or before 20th February 2024.]

[F3 1a. A smart tachograph 2 shall be installed and used in vehicles registered for the first time on or after [F4 21st February 2024].

1b. A smart tachograph 2 shall be installed and used in F5 ... vehicles—

[F6 (za) on or after 21st August 2023, in the case of vehicles registered for the first time on or after that date;]

(a) on or after 31st December 2024, in the case of vehicles equipped with an analogue tachograph or a digital tachograph immediately before that date;

(b) on or after 19th August 2025, in the case of vehicles equipped with a smart tachograph 1 immediately before that date; and

(c) on or after 1st July 2026, in the case of all other vehicles with a maximum permissible mass, including any trailer or semi-trailer, exceeding 2.5 tonnes,

but only when operating on the territory of a Party to the Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom entered into on 30th December 2020, other than the territory where they are registered.]

[F7 2. This Regulation is subject to—

(a) regulation 4 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007;

(b) regulation 5 of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(c) any provision made under paragraph 3.

3. The appropriate authority may by regulations except from the application of this Regulation vehicles used for transport operations which are being (or have been) granted an exception by regulations under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006. An exception granted under regulations under this Article ceases to have effect when the exception granted under regulations under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 ceases to have effect (unless the regulations under this Article cease to have effect first). In an urgent case the appropriate authority may grant a temporary exception in respect of vehicles which are being (or have been) granted an exception under Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 by publishing a notice specifying—

(a) the transport operations and circumstances to which the exception relates, and

(b) the period for which the exception has effect, which may not exceed 30 days.

4. In this Article “the appropriate authority” means—

(a) in relation to transport operations carried out in England, Wales or Scotland, the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to transport operations carried out in Northern Ireland, the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 3(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 75(2) (with reg. 114); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Art. 3(1za) inserted (21.8.2023) by The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/739), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)

F3 Art. 3(1a)(1b) inserted (24.12.2022) by The Drivers’ Hours, Tachographs, International Road Haulage and Licensing of Operators (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1260), regs. 1(1), 3(3)

F4 Words in Art. 3(1a) substituted (21.8.2023) by The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/739), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

F5 Word in Art. 3(1b) omitted (21.8.2023) by virtue of The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/739), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)(i)

F6 Art. 3(1b)(za) inserted (21.8.2023) by The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/739), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)(ii)

F7 Art. 3(2)-(4) substituted for Art. 3(2)-(5) (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 75(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)