http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/248The Community Drivers' Hours Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES;ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES2019-06-11Expert Participation2019-02-18 These Regulations give effect to European Commission Decision 2008/7472 of 22 December 2008 authorising the United Kingdom to grant exceptions, subject to certain conditions, from the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport. They grant a limited exemption from the daily and weekly rest requirements in Article 8(2) and (6) of that Regulation for drivers who are members of a volunteer reserve force or instructors in the Cadet Corps whilst they are attending an annual camp training or weekend training session in the United Kingdom. 2012 No. 248European CommunitiesRoad Traffic And VehiclesThe Community Drivers' Hours Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012Made21st June 2012Coming into operation30th July 2012The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 .The Department of the Environment is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act in relation to the measures relating to the organisation of working time.It appears to the Department of the Environment that it is necessary or expedient that references to Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council in these Regulations be construed as references to that Community instrument as amended from time to time.Citation and commencement1These Regulations may be cited as the Community Drivers' Hours Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 30th July 2012.Interpretation21In these Regulations “the Community Drivers' Hours Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended from time to time.1AThe Department for Infrastructure is the competent authority for the purpose of these Regulations.2The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.3Any expression used in these Regulations which is used in the Community Drivers' Hours Regulation has the same meaning as in that Regulation.Exemption from the Community Drivers' Hours Regulation31This regulation applies to a driver to whom the Community Drivers' Hours Regulation applies, who—ais a member of a volunteer reserve force within the meaning of section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 or an instructor in the Cadet Corps; andbin that capacity is attending—iannual camp training; oriia weekend training session,within the United Kingdom.2Pursuant 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).3The conditions are—athe exception is limited to a maximum of—iten weekend training sessions; andiififteen days' annual camp training,in any year;bthe driver must not attend weekend training sessions on any two consecutive weekends;cthe 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;dthe driver must not attend a weekend training session on the weekend that immediately follows any annual camp training that the driver has attended;ethe 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;fa 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;ga 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.4In this regulation—“Cadet Corps” means any of the following forces of the Crown—the Combined Cadet Force;the Sea Cadet Corps;the Army Cadet Force; andthe Air Training Corps;“year” means the period of twelve months ending on 31st March.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 21st June 2012Ian Greenway A senior officer of the
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These Regulations give effect to European Commission Decision 2008/7472 of 22 December 2008 authorising the United Kingdom to grant exceptions, subject to certain conditions, from the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport. They grant a limited exemption from the daily and weekly rest requirements in Article 8(2) and (6) of that Regulation for drivers who are members of a volunteer reserve force or instructors in the Cadet Corps whilst they are attending an annual camp training or weekend training session in the United Kingdom.

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) and Part I of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)S.I. 1997/1174O.J. No.L102, 11.04.06. p.11954 c.33 (N.I.)2006 c. 52Reg. 2(1A) inserted (18.2.2019) by The Road Traffic and Vehicles and Waterways (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/6), regs. 1(1), 14