Department of the Environment

The Road Transport (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

The Department of the Environment has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Road Transport (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 S.R. 2007 No. 323.

These Regulations which come into operation on 31st July 2007, amend the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 to ensure that they apply to mobile workers operating on vehicles subject to EU drivers’ hours rules under the new EU Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006.

They also amend regulation 15 of the principal Regulations to clarify its meaning.

These Regulations also amend Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations so as to authorise industrial tribunals to hear appeals against improvement notices.

Copies of the Statutory Rule may be purchased from TSO, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD.