The Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005

UK Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 639 — creates 2 criminal offences.

Made

10 March 2005

In force from

4 April 2005

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax

Made under

European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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 (Council Regulation (EEC) 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 time worked and to provide copies. They make it an offence to fail to comply with their requirements and provide for enforcement. A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced and a copy placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. Alternatively copies can be obtained from the Department’s website which is at www.dft.gov.uk A transposition note has been prepared and copies may be obtained from the Department for Transport, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.

Offences created by this instrument

• Enforcement regulation 17(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Enforcement regulation 17(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations Commons · Written Statements · 14 March 2005 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (David Jamieson)

  The Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 were laid before Parliament today and will come into force on 4 April 2005. These new regulations implement Council Directive 2002/15/EC concerning the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities. To accompany the new regulations, we have also published formal guidance on the new arrangements, and, a regulatory impact assessment. Copies of these documents have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The regulations, formal guidance and regulatory impact assessment follow public consultation—we have also placed…

• Exiting the EU and Transport Commons · Commons Chamber · 23 November 2016 · Alan Brown

  I thank the hon. Gentleman for that helpful intervention. Clearly we are part of the remainers, and we represent our constituents. The majority of our constituents across Scotland voted to remain, so we must represent them. The hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) made a bit of a play of highlighting opportunities, but really he highlighted some of the problems with the European Union rather than proper opportunities. He seemed to put a lot of faith in the myth that the Government will invest the money that will not be going to Europe. He trusts the Conservative Government to invest…

• Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 Lords · Lords Chamber · 6 December 2021 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport (Baroness Vere of Norbiton) (Con)

  My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate today, particularly the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, who has extensive knowledge of and expertise in this area. We are very grateful for his input. I will address the drivers’ hours issue first, as fully as I can, and then go on to discuss some of the other issues that have been raised. Let me start by saying that we are absolutely committed to ensuring the welfare of drivers and protecting all road users, and we recognise that the long-standing drivers’ hours rules that are in place are critical to achieving these…

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Third sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 22 November 2022 · Justin Madders

  I beg to move amendment 73, in clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— “(2A) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following instruments— (a) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, (b) Children and Young Person Working Time Regulations 1933, (c) Posted Workers (Enforcement of Employment Rights) Regulations 2020, (d) Part Time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, (e) Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, (f) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, (g) Information and…

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Commons · Commons Chamber · 18 January 2023 · Mr Speaker

  With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2— Conditions for bringing sections 3, 4 and 5 into force — “(1) None of sections 3, 4 or 5 may be brought into force unless all the following conditions have been satisfied. (2) The first condition is that a Minister of the Crown has, after consulting organisations and persons representative of interests substantially affected by, or with expertise in the likely legal effect of, that section on a draft of that report, laid a report before each House of Parliament setting out, with reasons, the Minister’s view as to the…

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