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Amendment of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005

4.  In regulation 3 (application)—

(a)after paragraph 3(1), insert—

(1A) These Regulations also apply to self-employed drivers who are established in, or who do work for undertakings established in, a Member State of the European Union, and to whom paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) applies.

(b)In paragraph 3(2)—

(i)after “mobile workers”, insert “or self-employed drivers”; and

(ii)for “that employment or work”, substitute “their employment or working activities”.

(c)For paragraph (2)(c) substitute—

which are not vehicles exempted from the provisions of that Regulation under regulation 2 of the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007(1).

(d)In paragraph 3 (3)—

(i)after “mobile workers”, insert “or self-employed drivers”; and

(ii)for “that employment or work”, substitute “their employment or working activities”.

(e)Delete paragraph 3(4)(a).

(f)In the opening words of subparagraph 3(4)(b), and in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of that subparagraph, for the word “worker” each time it occurs substitute “mobile worker or self-employed driver”.