# The Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007


(1) The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule (exempted vehicles), 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278798/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-goods-vehicles-testing-drivers-hours-and-tachographs-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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