Regulation 5 Amendment of the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007

The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007^f1 are amended as follows.

In the Schedule (exempted vehicles)^f2, for paragraph 6, substitute—

“6

(1)

Any zero-emission vehicle which is used by an undertaking for the carriage of goods and has a maximum permissible mass, including the mass of any trailer or semi-trailer drawn by it, exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 4.25 tonnes.

(2)

Any vehicle, not being a zero-emission vehicle to which paragraph 6(1) applies, which—

(a)

is used by an undertaking for the carriage of goods within a 100 kilometre radius from where the undertaking is based,

(b)

is propelled by means of natural or liquefied gas or electricity, and

(c)

has a maximum permissible mass, including the mass of any trailer or semi-trailer drawn by it, not exceeding 7.5 tonnes.

(3)

For the purposes of this paragraph, “zero-emission vehicle” means a vehicle without an internal combustion engine, or with an internal combustion engine that has emissions of CO₂ of zero grams per kilometre.”.