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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-passenger-and-goods-vehicles-recording-equipment-downloading-of-data-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111126622",
  "legislation_title": "The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Downloading of Data) Regulations 2015",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Transport Act 1968.\nArticle 10(5)(a)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ No L 102, 11.4.2006, p.1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (“the 2006 Community Regulation”), requires transport undertakings that operate passenger service and goods vehicles fitted with EU compliant digital tachographs to download data from those tachographs at intervals stipulated by Member States.\nArticle 3(a) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 581/2010 (OJ No L 168, 2.7.2010, p.16) of 1 July 2010 on the maximum periods for the downloading of relevant data from vehicle units and from driver cards provides that the maximum interval between data downloads from digital vehicle tachographs must not exceed 90 days.\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations amends section 97(D) of the Transport Act 1968 to provide that, where a transport undertaking is required by the 2006 Community Regulation to ensure that data is downloaded from a vehicle tachograph, the maximum interval between data downloads is increased from 56 days to 90 days.\nA full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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