{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-561/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-561/article-20.json",
  "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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The driver shall keep any documentation provided by an enforcement officer or a court concerning penalties imposed or the initiation of proceedings until such time as the same infringement of this Regulation can no longer lead to a second proceeding or penalty by virtue of this Regulation read with Part 6 of the Transport Act 1968 or Part 6 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\n2. The driver shall produce the evidence referred to in paragraph 1 upon request.\n3. A driver who is employed or at the disposal of more than one transport undertaking shall provide sufficient information to each undertaking to enable it to comply with Chapter II.\n4. In this Article “enforcement officer” means—\n(a) an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995,\n(b) a person authorised for the purposes of Part 6 of the Transport Act 1968 by a traffic commissioner, or\n(c) a police constable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 68(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 68(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 20(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(3), 68(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/561/article/20",
    "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."
}