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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
8th February 1991
laid before Parliament
8th February 1991
Coming into force
9th March 1991
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 96(10) of the transport Act 1968(1) and now vested in him(2) and of all the enabling powers, after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 101(6) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:-
1. The Regulations may be cited as the Drivers' Hours (passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Exemption) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 9th February 1991.
2. A driver who during any working day or any working week spends time in driving passenger or goods vehicles and who spends time driving or on duty during that day or week to meet the special need occasioned by severe weather conditions or the effects or consequences of severe weather conditions is exempted from the requirements of the domestic drivers' hours code in respect of that day or that week.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Roger Freeman
Minister for Public Transport,
Department of Transport
8th February 1991
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations exempt from the remaining requirenments of section 96(1) to (6) of the Transport Act 1968 a driver who during any working day or any working week spends time in driving passenger or goods vehicles and who spends time driving or on duty during that day or week to met the special need occasioned by severe weather conditions or the effects or consequences of severe weather conditions in respect of that day or that week.
