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The regulations which will apply to passenger vehicle drivers from tomorrow, ncluding those not modified, are as follows: 9 Driving time must not exceed 10 hours in any working day. 9 A break for rest and refreshment of not less than 30 minutes must be taken after t maximum of 5+ hours driving. Alternatively, drivers may drive for a 'continuous" period of up to 8+ hours if that period includes intervals of ton-driving time amounting to at least 45 minutes (in not more than 7+ hours tctual driving).
0 Provided that a break of at least 30 minutes is taken after a continuous period of 4 hours driving, as defined above, the working day can be extended to the full 16 tours spreadover, including not more than a further 2+ hours driving time.
0 Interval of rest between working days must normally be not less than 10 ;ontinuous hours. However, this interval may be reduced to not less than 8+ hours m.not more than three occasions in a working week.
9 The working day must not exceed 16 hours (spreadover).
i) At least one continuous period off duty of not less than 24 hours must be taken n any two consecutive weeks.
9 A driver who does not drive -a vehicle to which the Act applies for more than our hours on any day of the week remains exempt from the requirements.
1) A driver who does not exceed more than four hours driving on more than two lays a week is exempt from the minimum rest period between working days (4) tbove, and the 24 hours continuous rest at least once every two consecutive weeks 6) above, provided that he has an interval of 10 hours continuous rest before and liter a day in which he drives for more than four hours.
■ Totes: A working day is regarded as extending from midnight to midnight.
A week for the purposes of the Act extends from Sunday to Saturday.
Although no direct limit is applied to the total working time per week, the requirements
o be complied with each individual working day do, together with requirement (6) above in act, set a limit. The more hours worked or driving done early in a two-week period, the less he time which can be worked later in the period.
"Working day" usually means the time between starting work (le clocking-on or igning-in, and clocking-oft). A working day includes rest periods and periods off-duty, but : does not end until a rest period of not less than 10 hours (or Sihours as the case may be) begun.