Division C Social law

The applicant must, in particular, in relation to road haulage and passenger transport, be familiar with the following:

1. 1..

   the role and function of the various social institutions which are concerned with road transport (trade unions, works councils, shop stewards, labour inspectors, etc.);

2. 2..

   the employers’ social security obligations;

3. 3..

   the rules governing work contracts for the various categories of worker employed by road transport undertakings (form of the contracts, obligations of the parties, working conditions and working hours, paid leave, remuneration, breach of contract, etc.);

4. 4..

   F1the rules applicable to driving time, rest period and working time, and in particular the provisions of—

   1. (a)

      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;

   2. (b)

      Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport;

   3. (c)

      the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005;

   4. (d)

      the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

   5. (e)

      the practical measures for applying the provisions in paragraphs (a) to (d); and

5. 5..

   the rules applicable to the initial qualification and continuous training of drivers as set out in the Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007.