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Breaks, Rests, Duty times.• Daily Rest 11 hours, can be reduced to 9 hours 3 times a week.
Daily rest period can be reduced to no less than 9 hours 3 times between weekly rest periods.
• Maximum duty time13 hours, can be extended to 15 hours 3 times a week. (A duty time of more than 13 hours is also considered to be a reduced Daily Rest)
As above, 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week.
Duty time isn’t mentioned in the regulations, the 13 and 15 hour shifts are a direct result of the daily rest periods, ie, unless a split daily rest period is taken any shift of more than 13 hours is a reduced daily rest period because you cannot have a regular 11 hour daily rest period in the 24 hour period.• Daily Rest can be split into 2 separate periods one must be of at least 8 hours and the other of at least 3 hours. (if done this way it’s not considered to be a reduced Daily Rest period)
Daily rest can be split into 2 seperate parts the first of which must be at-least 3 hours and the second must be at-least 9 hours not 8.Running over Hours.
• If due to unforeseen circumstances you run over your hours, write an explanation on the back of your Tachograph or on the back of a digital tachograph printout.
You can only legally run over your hours to get to a suitable parking place.Working Time Directive
• Any time worked between midnight and 4am is considered to be night work.
00:00 to 04:00 for goods vehicle drivers, 01:00 to 05:00 for PCV drivers.• A minimum 15 break must be taken within the first 6 hours work.
A minimum of 15 minutes must be taken before exceeding 6 hours working time not within 6 hours.