Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement the provisions of Council Directive 2002/15/EC concerning the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities.
The Regulations prescribe the maximum weekly working time and maximum average weekly working time of mobile workers who, in the course of their work, drive or travel in goods or passenger vehicles which are covered by the Community Drivers' Hours Regulation (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85) and they prescribe the reference periods over which such time is to be calculated.
They also regulate periods of availability, breaks, rest periods and night work.
They require employers to keep records of the time worked and to provide copies.
They make it an offence to fail to comply with their requirements and provide for enforcement.