The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2021

• Citation: S.I. 2021/135
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on the twenty first day after the day on which they are laid.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(1) Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2(1)—

(a) after point (a), insert “or”;

(b) omit point (aa).

(3) In Article 3, omit point (ha).

(4) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph 6, omit the third and fourth subparagraphs;

(b) in paragraph 6b, omit the second subparagraph;

(c) in paragraph 8a—

(i) in the first subparagraph, omit “in the Member State of the employer’s establishment,”,

(ii) omit the second and third subparagraphs;

(d) omit paragraph 10.

(5) Omit Articles 8a and 9a.

Section 3 Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(1) Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 8(1)—

(a) in the first subparagraph, omit the second and third indents;

(b) omit the fourth subparagraph.

(3) In Article 9—

(a) in paragraph 2, for “Three years after the entry into force of detailed provisions referred to in the second paragraph of Article 11” substitute “By 20th August 2024”;

(b) in paragraph 3, for “the Union legal acts referred to in Article 7(1)” substitute “Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 ”.

(4) In Article 10, omit the second paragraph.

(5) In Article 11—

(a) omit the second and third paragraphs;

(b) in the fifth paragraph, for “first, second and third paragraphs” substitute “first paragraph”.

(6) In Article 22(5), in the third indent of the fourth subparagraph, omit “and Member State”.

(7) In Article 26(7a), for “competent authority of the issuing Member State” substitute “Secretary of State”.

(8) In Article 34—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “or is necessary in order to enter the symbol of the country after having crossed a border”;

(b) in paragraph 6, omit point (f).