{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-drivers-hours-and-recording-equipment-regulations-2007/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-drivers-hours-and-recording-equipment-regulations-2007/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110770499",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-community-drivers-hours-and-recording-equipment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part 6 of the Transport Act 1968",
  "text": "In section 96—\n(a) in subsection (11A)—\n(i) omit the words “in Great Britain”;\n(ii) for the words from “any other person” to “the contravention” substitute “the offender’s employer, and any other person to whose orders the offender was subject,”;\n(b) in subsection (11B), after paragraph (b) insert—\n“; or\n(c) being charged as mentioned in paragraph (b), he proves—\n(i) that at the time of the contravention he was complying with Article 10(1) (distance-related payments etc) and Article 10(2) (organisation of drivers’ work etc) of the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation; and\n(ii) that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the contravention.”;\n(c) after subsection (11B) insert—\n“(11C) A person who—\n(a) is subject to the requirement imposed by Article 10(4) of the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation (undertakings etc to ensure that contractually agreed transport time schedules respect that Regulation); and\n(b) fails to take all reasonable steps to comply with that requirement,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard\nscale.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110770499/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:06.927103+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}