Regulation 5 Amendment of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005

After regulation 3 insert—

“Duty to Review Regulation 3(1A)

3A.

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of regulation 3(1A),

(b)

set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2002/15/EC, in so far as it applies to self-employed drivers (which is implemented by means of regulation 3(1A)), is implemented in other Member States.

(3)

The report must in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by regulation 3(1A),

(b)

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c)

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4)

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which regulation 3(1A) comes into force.

(5)

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”