These Regulations revoke and replace the Drivers' Hours (Harmonisation with Community Rules) Regulations 1978. They modify the application of Part VI of the Transport Act 1968, which relates to permitted driving hours and periods of duty, to take account of the operation of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 of 20th December 1985 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport.
The principal change from the Regulations of 1978 is that the duty limits of Part VI of the 1968 Act are no longer applied to driving or work to which the Community Regulation applies.