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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-561/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/561",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 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 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-561",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Regulation lays down rules on driving times, breaks and rest periods for drivers engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers by road in order to harmonise the conditions of competition between modes of inland transport, especially with regard to the road sector, and to improve working conditions and road safety. This Regulation also aims to promote improved monitoring and enforcement practices ... and improved working practices in the road transport industry.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 56 (with reg. 114); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/561/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:48.362357+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."
}