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

3.—(1) Pursuant to Article 13(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 of 20th December 1985 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport M1 (“the Council Regulation") until 3rd June 2001, and in order to meet the exceptional circumstances occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, 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) above, the said 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;

(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.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 O.J. No. L 370, 31.12.85, p. 1.