# The Community Drivers' Hours (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Temporary Exception) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
Article 13(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 of 20th December 1985 on harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (“the Council Regulation”) provides that member States may in urgent cases grant a temporary exception for a period not exceeding 30 days to transport operations carried out in exceptional circumstances.
These Regulations provide that until 8th April 2001, any time spent driving vehicles for a purpose specified in regulation 3(1) shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the application of Article 6(2) of the Council Regulation.
These Regulations also provide that in relation to the driving of such vehicles Articles 6(1) and 8(3) of the Council Regulation shall have effect subject to certain modifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/103/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-drivers-hours-foot-and-mouth-disease-temporary-exception-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note
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