Regulation 6 Amendments relating to actions to be taken in relation to checking a person has not gained unauthorised access

After regulation 2B (as inserted by regulation 5 of these Regulations), insert—

“Failure to secure a goods vehicle: actions to be taken in relation to checking a person has not gained unauthorised access

2C.

(1)

For the purposes of section 31A(1)(b) of the Act, the actions to be taken by a person responsible for a goods vehicle before or during a journey to a place mention in section 31A(2) of the Act in relation to checking that a person has not gained unauthorised access are as follows.

(2)

The driver must, during each occasion the vehicle is parked during a journey, perform the standard checks.

(3)

Where, at any point during a journey before the goods vehicle enters the United Kingdom, a person responsible for the goods vehicle knows or has reason to believe that a means of entry to the vehicle’s load space has been opened, that person must ensure that the standard checks are performed.

(4)

Where, at any point during a journey before the goods vehicle enters the United Kingdom, a new driver becomes responsible for the goods vehicle, the new driver must perform the standard checks.

(5)

As soon as practicable before the goods vehicle reaches immigration control, the driver must perform the standard checks.

(6)

In this Regulation, a “new driver” is a driver other than the driver who was most recently responsible for the goods vehicle.”.