Q Will you clarify the following point
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with regard to the new drivers' hours? If a driver is on duty 10 hours a day from Monday to Friday, and also on Saturday, from 7 a.m. till noon, making a total of 55 hours, is it permissible for him to work in another capacity for the same employer on Sunday from 7 a.m, till noon to make up his full 60 hours despite the fact that he will not then have had a period of 24 consecutive hours off duty in that week?
AWhether or not a driver is permitted to
work on a Sunday to complete his 60 hours depends on when he previously had a 24-hour period of rest and when he is next likely to get one.
The regulations require a 24-hour rest period to be taken in respect of each working week from midnight Saturday/Sunday but not necessarily within the working week. As section 96(6} of the 1968 Transport Act makes clear, the rest period can start in one working week and finish in the next, eg from noon Saturday to noon Sunday in your case.
If on the other hand a driver has a Sunday off, then works Monday to Friday, Saturday morning, Sunday morning and then Monday to Friday of the next week, but has all day Saturday off, this is in order. The pattern could be repeated, having one working Sunday per fortnight. Alternatively he could work on Saturday morning till noon and on Sunday from noon till 5 p.m, every week because he will have had his 24 hours of rest but still only worked 60 hours spread over 7 days.
It is not permissible to work every day of every working week for the same employer for the times you have shown.