The Community Drivers' Hours (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Temporary Exception) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Temporary exceptions

3.—(1) Pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Council Regulation until 7th June 2001, and in order to meet the exceptional circumstances occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Northern Ireland, or the effects or consequences of such exceptional circumstances, any time spent driving a vehicle for the purpose of—

(a) the collection or delivery to or from a farm of agricultural products, machinery, fertiliser, fuel, disinfectants, herbicides and pesticides; or

(b) the movement of livestock; or

(c) the transport of feeding stuff and grain,

shall not be taken into account for the purposes of Article 6(2) of that Regulation.

(2) In relation to the driving of a vehicle in the exceptional circumstances and for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1), the Council Regulation shall have effect as if—

(a) in Article 6, paragraph 1 first sentence, for the reference to “nine hours” there were substituted “ten hours” and the second sentence of that paragraph were deleted; and

(b) in Article 8, for paragraph 3 there were substituted the following—

“3.   In the course of each week, one of the rest periods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be extended, by way of weekly rest, to a total of 24 consecutive hours. Every third week this rest period shall be extended to a total of 45 consecutive hours.”.