Hours of duty

(1) No person shall drive or cause or permit any person employed by him or subject to his orders to drive a motor omnibus or a freight passenger vehicle– (a) for any continuous period of more than six hours; or (b) for any continuous periods amounting in the aggregate to more than twelve hours in any period of twenty-four hours commencing two hours after midnight; or (c) so that the driver has not at least ten consecutive hours for rest in any period of twenty-four hours calculated from the commencement of any period of driving. (2) For the purpose of this regulation– (a) any two or more periods of time shall be deemed to be a continuous period unless separated by an interval of not less than one 152 hour in which the driver may obtain rest and refreshment; (b) any time spent by a driver on other work in connection with the vehicle including time spent on the vehicle while on a journey in any other capacity than as a passenger will be reckoned as time spent in driving. Use of Roads