Explanatory note

These Regulations extend the permissible maximum working day of a driver engaged in the collection and transportation of milk, when at least one of the conditions in Regulation 3 applies.

Regulation 3 applies where the driver spends time driving or on duty to meet special needs occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Great Britain, or to deal with the effects or consequences of such an outbreak.

The working day of a driver, as set out in section 96(3) (a) of the Transport Act 1968, is extended in such cases, from a maximum of eleven to thirteen hours.

A full impact assessment has not been provided for this instrument in view of the urgency with which these Regulations have needed to be made.