CHAPTER IICREWS, DRIVING TIMES, BREAKS AND REST PERIODS

Article 6

1.

The daily driving time shall not exceed nine hours.

However, the daily driving time may be extended to at most 10 hours not more than twice during the week.

2.

The weekly driving time shall not exceed 56 hours and shall not—

F1(a)

in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, result in the maximum weekly working time laid down in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 being exceeded;

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, result in the maximum weekly working time laid down in the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 being exceeded.

3.

The total accumulated driving time during any two consecutive weeks shall not exceed 90 hours.

4.

Daily and weekly driving times shall include all driving time F2, whether within or outside the United Kingdom.

F3F45.

A driver shall record as other work any time spent as described in point (e) of Article 4 as well as any time spent driving a vehicle used for commercial operations that do not fall within the scope of this Regulation, and shall record any periods of availability, as defined in point (b) of Article 3 of Directive 2002/15/EC, in accordance with point (b)(iii) of Article 34(5) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 11. This record shall be entered either manually on a record sheet or printout or by use of manual input facilities on recording equipment.

F5(6.

In paragraph 5, “periods of availability” is to be read in accordance with—

(a)

in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, the definition of “period of availability” in regulation 2 of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005;

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, the definition of “period of availability” in regulation 2(2) of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.