Q I am one of those hauliers who is now involved
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in Continental journeys since a proportion of my business is connected with taking trailers to a port for unaccompanied onward transit to Europe. My problem is to do with the record book. Though the British record book must be completed in duplicate, the Continental control book has only a single sheet for each day. Is the single-sheet control book sufficient for British Regulations?
A It is true that the Continental control book has only a single sheet for each day and this is retained in the book when complete. However, Paragraph 5(2) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Drivers' Hours (Passengers and Goods Vehicles) (Keeping
of Records) (International Rules) Regulations 1973 SI No. 380 stipulates that the record book shall contain a duplicate of each of the daily sheets and a sheet of carbon paper so that duplicate sheets can be produced.
Because the EEC Regulations require the original sheet to be retained in the book, control books used by British drivers have the carbon copy perforated for removal and it is this copy which the driver must deposit with his employer. This is, of course, the opposite of the procedure adopted for the British record book for internal journeys in which the original is removed for deposit and the carbon copy is retained in the book.