Amendment to regulation 3 (temporary exceptions)
4. For paragraph (2) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted—
“(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 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.
(3) In relation to the driving of a vehicle in the exceptional circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1) and for the purpose only of the movement of livestock, the said Council Regulation shall have effect as if 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.””.