# The Community Drivers' Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Temporary Exception) Regulations 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Article 13(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3820/85 of the 20th December 1985 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport 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 the 16th February 1987 the Regulation shall apply to transport operations to which it applies with the exception of Articles 6, 8 and 9. The exceptional circumstances for the making of the Regulations are the severe weather conditions and the effects and consequences of the severe weather conditions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/27/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-drivers-hours-passenger-and-goods-vehicles-temporary-exception-regulations-1987/note
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