The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/1567
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st August 2009.

Section 2 Amendments to regulation 25A of the Working Time Regulations 1998

In regulation 25A (doctors in training) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 —

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) Paragraph (1) of regulation 4 is modified in its application to workers to whom this paragraph applies by substituting for the reference to 48 hours a reference to 52 hours with effect from 1st August 2009 until 31st July 2011.

(1A) Paragraph (1) applies to workers who are doctors in training who are employed—

(a) by an employer who is listed in column 1 of the table contained in Schedule 2A,

(b) at a place listed in column 2 of that table in respect of that employer,

(c) to provide at that place one of the specialist services listed in column 3 of that table in respect of that place, and

(d) in one of the grades listed in column 4 of that table in respect of that specialist service and, where applicable, working as part of a rota referred to in that column in respect of that grade, or those grades.

Section 3 New Schedule 2A to the Working Time Regulations 1998

After Schedule 2 (workers employed in agriculture) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 insert—

Doctors in training

Column 1

Employer

Column 2

Place

Column 3

Specialist Services

Column 4

Grade and, where applicable, Rota

England

East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paediatrics

East of England Strategic Health Authority area

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

London Strategic Health Authority area

Imperial College Healthcare National

Health Service Trust

North East Strategic Health Authority area

North West Strategic Health Authority area

South Central Strategic Health Authority area

South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area

South West Strategic Health Authority area

West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area

Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area

General Surgery/ Urology

Wales

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