Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 22nd January 1970 subsections (10) and (12) of section 96 of the Transport Act 1968, which enable the Minister of Transport by subordinate legislation to modify the requirements of section 96 (which relates to the permitted driving time and periods of duty of drivers of passenger and goods vehicles) and also to empower the traffic commissioners or licensing authorities to dispense with the observance of those requirements in certain cases.