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3.—(1) Pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Council Regulation until 8th April 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, 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, paragraph 3 first sentence, for the reference to “45 consecutive hours” there were substituted “24 consecutive hours” and the remainder of that paragraph were deleted.
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