The Working Time (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/2766
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 2nd November 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—

(a) in the case of doctors in training who are employed in an employment falling within Table 1 of Schedule 2A, with effect from 1st August 2009 until 31st July 2011; and

(b) in the case of doctors in training who are employed in an employment falling within Table 2 of Schedule 2A, with effect from 2nd November 2009 until 31st July 2011.

(b) in paragraph (1A)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “the table” substitute “Table 1 or Table 2”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “that table” substitute “the applicable table”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) for “that table” substitute “the applicable table”; and

(iv) in sub-paragraph (d) for “that table” substitute “the applicable table”.

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

In Schedule 2A (doctors in training) to the Working Time Regulations 1998 —

(a) after the heading “Doctors in training” start a new line and insert the heading “TABLE 1”; and

(b) at the end add—

TABLE 2

Column 1

Employer

Column 2

Place

Column 3

Specialist Services

Column 4

Grade and, where applicable, Rota

ST3 and ST4 - 1st on call

ST4 to ST7 – 2nd on call

Otolaryngology/

Plastic Surgery/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (merged rota)