{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Transport (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to regulation 4 (working time)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).\n(2) In paragraph (1) after “mobile worker” insert “or self-employed driver”.\n(3) In paragraph (2) for “a mobile worker’s working time” substitute “the working time of a mobile worker or self-employed driver”.\n(4) In paragraph (3)—\n(a) in the opening words, omit “in the case of a mobile worker”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) in the case of a mobile worker—\n(i) where a collective agreement or a workforce agreement provides for the application of this regulation in relation to successive periods of 17 weeks, each such period; or\n(ii) where there is no such provision, and the employer gives written notice to the mobile worker that he intends to apply this sub-paragraph, any period of 17 weeks in the course of the worker’s employment;”;\n(c) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) in the case of a self-employed driver who elects to apply this sub-paragraph in relation to any period of 17 weeks or to successive periods of 17 weeks, each such period; or”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (c), after “in any other case” insert “for a mobile worker or self-employed driver,”.\n(5) In paragraph (4), for “(3)(a)” substitute “(3)(a)(i)”.\n(6) After paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) The reference period may be extended in relation to self-employed drivers for objective or technical reasons or reasons concerning the organisation of work, by the substitution for 17 weeks of a period not exceeding 26 weeks in the application of paragraphs (2) and (3)(b).”.\n(7) For paragraph (5) substitute—\n“(5) The average weekly working time during any applicable reference period shall be determined according to the formula—\n( A+B )÷C for mobile workers, or\nA÷C for self-employed drivers,\nwhere—\n“ A ” is the aggregate number of hours comprised in the working time of the mobile worker or self-employed driver during the course of the reference period;\n“ B ” is the number of hours excluded during the reference period; and\n“ C ” is the number of weeks in the reference period.”.\n(8) After paragraph (8) add—\n“(9) A self-employed driver shall take all reasonable steps, in keeping with the need to protect his health and safety, to comply with the limits specified in paragraphs (1) to (7).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/169/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:11.288530+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."
}