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Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours and working time rules: delivery of LPG

Temporary relaxation for drivers undertaking ‘trunk’ deliveries of LPG in England, Scotland and Wales between 8 March and 29 March 2020.

• From: Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 9 February 2018
• Last updated: 6 March 2020
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  1. 6 March 2020

     Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours and working time rules for the delivery of LPG from 8 March until 29 March 2020.

  2. 19 December 2019

     Temporary relaxation for drivers undertaking ‘trunk’ deliveries of LPG in England and Wales between 20 December 2019 and 6 January 2020.

  3. 23 February 2018

     An extension to the temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours and working time rules for the delivery of LPG in England and Wales.

  4. 9 February 2018

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 31 March 2020

This temporary relaxation has now expired. You can find any temporary relaxations that are currently in place on the drivers’ hours collection page.

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Temporary relaxation of the enforcement of drivers’ hours and working time rules: delivery of LPG

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The Department for Transport has, pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, agreed to a temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours and working-time rules, for the drivers of vehicles transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) undertaking ‘trunk’ deliveries in England, Scotland and Wales, due to the shortage of LPG at strategically important refineries in England and Wales.

The department wishes to emphasise that, as a general rule, we expect business to plan for and manage the risks of disruption to supply chains.

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