Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/part/VI/2007-07-02
Timestamp: 2019-09-21 16:58:59
Document Index: 10120668

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

Point in Time (02/07/2007)
Version Superseded: 05/02/2008
Point in time view as at 02/07/2007. This version of this part contains provisions that are prospective.
[F17(13)In this Part of this Act “the domestic driver’s hours code” means the provisions of subsections (1) to (6) of this section as for the time being in force (and, in particular, as modified, added to or substituted by or under any instrument in force under section 95(1) of this Act or subsection (10) or (12) of this section)]
F17S. 96(13) added by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(f)
[F1897 Installation and use of recording equipment.E+W+S
[F19(1)No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, a vehicle to which this section applies
[F20(a)unless there is in the vehicle recording equipment which—
(ii)complies with [F21the relevant Annexes] to that Regulation; and
(iii)is being used as provided by [F22Articles 13 to 15] of that Regulation;][F23, or]
[F23(b)in which there is recording equipment which has been repaired (whether before or after installation) otherwise than in accordance with the Community Recording Equipment Regulation;]
and any person who contravenes this subsection shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F24level 5] on the standard scale.]
[F25(1A)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (1) of this section if he proves to the court that he neither knew nor ought to have known that the recording equipment had not been installed or repaired, as the case may be, in accordance with the Community Recording Equipment Regulation.]
(2)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (1) [F26(a)] of this section if he proves to the court that the vehicle in question was proceeding to a place where recording equipment which would comply with the requirements of [F27substitute “the relevant Annexes to] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation was to be installed in the vehicle in accordance with that Regulation.
(3)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (1) [F26(a)] of this section by reason of the recording equipment installed in the vehicle in question not being in working order if he proves to the court that—
(b)the requirements of [F28Article 16(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation were being complied with.
(4)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (1) [F26(a)] of this section by reason of any seal on the recording equipment installed in the vehicle in question not being intact if he proves to the court that—
(c)in all other respects the equipment was being used as provided by [F29Articles 13 to 15] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation.
[F30(4A)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (1)(a) of this section by reason of the driver card not being used with the recording equipment installed in the vehicle in question if he proves to the court that—
(5)For the purposes of this section recording equipment is used as provided by [F29Articles 13 to 15] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation if, and only if, the circumstances of its use are such that each requirement of those Articles is complied with.
[F31[F32“the Community Recording Equipment Regulation”means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport F33 as it has effect in accordance with—
Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3314/90F34;
Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92F35; F36...
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2479/95F37;
[F38Commission Regulation (EC) 1056/97;
and as read with the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 1986 F39;]
[F40“the relevant Annexes” to the Community Recording Equipment Regulation —
F18Ss. 97, 97A, 97B substituted for s. 97 by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 2
F19S. 97(1) substituted by S.I. 1984/144, reg. 2(1)
F20By S.I. 1989/2121, art. 2(2) it is provided that in s. 97(1) the words from “unless" to the end of paragraph (c) shall become paragraph(a), with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) becoming sub-paragraphs “(i)", “(ii)" and “(iii)" of that paragraph
F21Words in s. 97(1)(a)(ii) substituted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
F23S. 97(1)(b) and word “or" preceding it inserted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 2(2)
F24Words substituted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 2(2)
F25S. 97(1A) inserted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 2(3)
F26 “(a)" inserted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 2(4)
F27Words in s. 97(2) substituted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
F28Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(b)
F29Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(a)
F30S. 97(4A) inserted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 2(4)
F31Definition substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(1)(2)(a)
F32S. 97(7) substituted (25.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/941, art. 3(1)(2)(a)
F33O.J. No. L370, 31.12.85, p.8.
F34O.J. No. L318, 17.11.90, p.20.
F35O.J. No. L374, 22.12.92, p.12.
F36Word in s. 97(7) omitted (5.8.2005) by virtue of The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 2(6)
F37O.J. No. L256, 26.10.95, p.8.
F38Words in s. 97(7) inserted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 2(7)
F39S.I. 1986/1456; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/805 and S.I. 1988/760.
F40Words in s. 97(7) substituted (1.5.2006) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Fitting Date) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1117), regs. 1, 2
[F4197A Provisions supplementary to section 97.E+W+S
(1)If an employed [F42driver] of a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies fails—
(b)where he has two more employers by whom he is employed as a [F42driver] of such a vehicle, to notify each of them of the name and address of the other or others of them,
he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F43level 4 on the standard scale].
(2)If the employer of [F44drivers] of a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies fails without reasonable excuse to secure that they comply with subsection (1)(a) of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F43level 4 on the standard scale].
(3)Where a [F42driver] of a vehicle to which section 97 or this Act applies has two of more employers by whom he is employed as a crew member of such a vehicle, subsection (1)(a) and subsection (2) of this section shall apply as if any reference to his employer, or any reference which is to be construed as such a reference, were a reference to such of those employers as was the first to employ him in that capacity.]
F41Ss. 97, 97A, 97B substituted for s. 97 by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 2
F42Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(c)
F43Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54) and by 1995 c. 40, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 2 Pt. III it is provided (S.) (1.4.1996) that s. 97A(1)(2) shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction for the offence mentioned therein were a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale instead of a fine not exceeding £200.
F44Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(d)
[F4597AA Forgery, etc of seals on recording equipmentE+W+S
F45S. 97AA inserted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 3
[F4697B
(2)Any entry made on a record sheet [F47or print out] by a [F48driver] for the purposes of [F49Article 15(2) or (5) or 16(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation shall, in any proceedings under this Part of this Act, be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of matters appearing from that entry.]
F46Ss. 97, 97A, 97B substituted for s. 97 by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 2
F47Words in s. 97B(2) inserted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 3
F48Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(e)
F49Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(e)
[F94“analogue recording equipment” has the meaning given by section 99ZB(9) of this Act;]
[F95“the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended from time to time;]
[F96“the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” has the same meaning given by section 97(7) of this Act;]
[F94“copying” and “copies”, in relation to data stored on a driver card or digital recording equipment, is to be construed in accordance with section 99ZA(5) of this Act;]
[F94“digital recording equipment” has the meaning given by section 99ZA(6) of this Act;]
[F94“driver card” has the meaning given by section 99ZA(6) of this Act;]
[F94“electronic copy” of data has the meaning given by section 99ZA(6) of this Act;]
[F94“hard copy” in relation to data stored electronically has the meaning given by section 99ZA(6) of this Act;]
[F97 “the applicable Community rules” means any directly applicable Community provision for the time being in force about the driving of road vehicles] [F98and includes the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport of 1st July 1970, as amended, as applied by Article 2(3) of the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation]
[F99 “the domestic drivers’ hours code” has the meaning given by section 96(13) of this Act]
[F94“officer” has the meaning given by section 99(8) of this Act;]
F100“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;
[F101“recording equipment” has the meaning given by section 97(7) of this Act;
“record sheet” includes a temporary sheet attached to a record sheet in accordance with [F102Article 16(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation;]
[F99 “relevant Community provision” means any Community provision for the time being in force about the driving of road vehicles, whether directly applicable or not]
[F103“working week” means, subject to subsection (5) of this section, a week beginning at midnight between Sunday and Monday:]
(5)The traffic [F104commissioner] for any area may, on the application of an owner-driver or of the employer of an employee-driver, from time to time direct that a week beginning at midnight between two days other than [F105Sunday and Monday] shall be, or be deemed to have been, a working week in relation to that owner-driver or employee-driver; but where by virtue of any such direction a new working week begins before the expiration of a previous working week then, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of this Part of this Act in relation to the new working week, those provisions shall continue to apply in relation to the previous working week until its expiration.
(6)In [F106section] 98(2)(e) of this Act “a small goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle which has a plated weight of the prescribed description not exceeding [F1073500 kilograms] or (not having a plated weight) has an unladen weight not exceeding [F1071525 kilograms]; but the Minister may by regulations direct that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall have effect, in relation to either or both of those sections—
[F108(7)An offence under this Part of this Act may be treated for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction on a court (but without prejudice to any jurisdiction it may have apart from this subsection) as having been committed in any of the following places, that is to say—
F94Words in s. 103(1) inserted (5.8.2005) by The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1904), regs. 1(1), 8
F95Words in s. 103(1) inserted (2.7.2007) by The Community Drivers Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1819), regs. 1(1), 8(a)
F96Definition inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(7)(a)
F97Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(a)
F98Words in s. 103(1) inserted (2.7.2007) by The Community Drivers Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1819), regs. 1(1), 8(b)
F99Definitions inserted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(b)
F100Definition repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8
F101Definitions inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(7)(b)
F102Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(g)
F103Definition substituted by S.I. 1986/1458, art. 3(1)
F104Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt II para. 1(5)
F105Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1458, art. 3(2)
F106Word substituted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(8)
F107Words substituted by S.I. 1981/1373, Sch. Pt. IIIB
F108S. 103(7) substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 3