The Community Drivers’ Hours Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Exemption from the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation

3.—(1) This regulation applies to a driver to whom the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation applies, who—

(a) is a member of a volunteer reserve force within the meaning of section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006(1) or an instructor in the Cadet Corps; and

(b) in that capacity is attending—

(i) annual camp training; or

(ii) a weekend training session,

within the United Kingdom.

(2) Pursuant to Article 14(1) of the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation, an exception is granted from Article 8(2) and (6) of that Regulation in respect of any driver to whom this regulation applies subject to the conditions set out in paragraph (3).

(3) The conditions are—

(a) the exception is limited to a maximum of—

(i) ten weekend training sessions; and

(ii) fifteen days’ annual camp training,

in any year;

(b) the driver must not attend weekend training sessions on any two consecutive weekends;

(c) the driver must not attend any annual camp training that takes place over the weekend that immediately follows a weekend training session that the driver has attended;

(d) the driver must not attend a weekend training session on the weekend that immediately follows any annual camp training that the driver has attended;

(e) the driver must not attend any annual camp training that takes place over the weekend that immediately follows the end of an earlier period of annual camp training that the driver has attended;

(f) a regular daily rest period of at least eleven hours must be taken immediately following the end of each weekend training session and at the end of each period of annual camp training;

(g) a regular weekly rest period of at least forty-five hours must be taken no later than the end of the sixth day following the end of the day on which a weekend training session or, as the case may be, a period of annual camp training ends.

(4) In this regulation—

“Cadet Corps” means any of the following forces of the Crown—

(a)

the Combined Cadet Force;

(b)

the Sea Cadet Corps;

(c)

the Army Cadet Force; and

(d)

the Air Training Corps;

“year” means the period of twelve months ending on 31^st March.

(1)

2006 c. 52