THE VEHICLE UNTIL THEY ARE RELIEVED FROM THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT . IN PARTICULAR THEY SHALL ENSURE THAT THE TIME RECORDED ON THE SHEET AGREES WITH THE OFFICIAL TIME IN THE COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE AND SHALL OPERATE THE SWITH MECHANISMS ENABLING THE VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME TO BE RECORDED SEPARATELY AND DISTINCTLY .
WHEN THE CREW MEMBERS ARE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT FITTED TO THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES , THE VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME SHALL , WHETHER MANUALLY , BY AUTOMATIC RECORDING OR OTHERWISE , BE ENTERED ON THE SHEET IN A LEGIBLE MANNER AND WITHOUT THE SHEETS BEING DIRTIED .
WHERE THE PRECEDING SUBPARAGRAPH APPLIES , CREW MEMBERS SHALL ENSURE THAT THE ENTRY MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A PERIOD OF TIME IS MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD TO WHICH THE ENTRY RELATES .
3 . EACH CREW MEMBER SHALL ENTER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON HIS RECORD SHEET :
( A ) ON BEGINNING TO USE THE SHEET - HIS SURNAME AND FIRST NAME ;
( B ) THE DATE AND PLACE WHERE USE OF THE SHEET BEGINS AND THE DATE AND PLACE WHERE SUCH USE ENDS ;
( C ) THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF EACH VEHICLE TO WHICH HE IS ASSIGNED , BOTH AT THE START OF THE FIRST JOURNEY RECORDED ON THE SHEET AND THEN , IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE OF VEHICLE , DURING USE OF THE SHEET ;
( D ) THE ODOMETER READING :
- AT THE START OF THE FIRST JOURNEY RECORDED ON THE SHEET ;
- AT THE START OF THE FIRST JOURNEY ON EACH WORKING DAY ;
- AT THE END OF THE LAST JOURNEY ON EACH WORKING DAY ;
- AT THE END OF THE LAST JOURNEY RECORDED ON THE SHEET ;
- IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE OF VEHICLE DURING A WORKING DAY ( READING ON THE VEHICLE TO WHICH HE WAS ASSIGNED AND READING ON THE VEHICLE TO WHICH HE IS TO BE ASSIGNED ) ;
( E ) THE TIME OF ANY CHANGE OF VEHICLE .
4 . THE EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SO DESIGNED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN INSPECTING OFFICER , IF NECESSARY AFTER OPENING THE EQUIPMENT , TO READ THE RECORDINGS RELATING TO THE NINE HOURS PRECEDING THE TIME OF THE CHECK WITHOUT HANDLING THE SHEET .
THE EQUIPMENT SHALL , FURTHERMORE , BE SO DESIGNED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT OPENING THE CASE TO CHECK THAT RECORDINGS ARE BEING MADE .
5 . CREW MEMBERS MUST BE ABLE TO PRODUCE ON REQUEST BY ANY AUTHORISED INSPECTING OFFICER A RECORD SHEET OR SHEETS GIVING FULL DETAILS OF ALL RELEVANT PERIODS FOR NOT LESS THAN THE FOURTEEN DAYS PRECEDING THE TIME WHEN THE CHECK IS MADE .
6 . ANY MEMBER STATE MAY TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO REDUCE THE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO A MINIMUM OF TWO DAYS FOR CREW MEMBERS OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ITS TERRITORY ENGAGING IN