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The Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Jurisdiction: GB (England, Scotland, Wales)

Commencement: 1 January 2021

Amends: Transport Act 1968
Mini Summary
The Transport Act 1968 creates rules for management of driver safety in relation to goods and passenger vehicles. The rules set out in this Act and subsequent amendments are known as the ‘Domestic Rules’.

 
Amendment
These Regulations make a minor change to the Transport Act 1968 to clarify that following the UK’s exit from the EU, a breach of the EU Rules can still be prosecuted whether the offence was committed in the UK or in an EU Member State.

 

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