{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments to regulation 7 (breaks)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In paragraph (1) after “mobile worker” insert “or self-employed driver”.\n(3) For paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) Where the working time of a mobile worker or self-employed driver exceeds 6 hours but does not exceed 9 hours, the mobile worker or self-employed driver must take a break lasting at least 30 minutes and interrupting that period.”.\n(4) For paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) Where the working time of a mobile worker or self-employed driver exceeds 9 hours, the mobile worker or self-employed driver must take a break lasting at least 45 minutes and interrupting that period.”.\n(5) After paragraph (5) add—\n“(6) 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 (4).”.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}