- Enforced by
- DVSA
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 3 of 22 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 19 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
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What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
- Manage and record drivers' hours, breaks, and rest periodsEmployer
- Comply with daily and weekly driving, break, and rest limitsOperator
- Comply with driving time, break, and rest limits for commercial driversEmployer
- Comply with driving, break, and rest time limitsEmployer
- Comply with driver age, driving time, and rest period requirementsEmployer
- Manage driver schedules, pay, and tachograph data complianceEmployer
Unlimited fine
- Keep and produce records of driving penalties and multi-employer workOperator
- Keep and produce records of driving penalties and multi-employer detailsOperator
- Keep and produce records of driving penalties and multi-employer workOperator
- Keep records of penalties and provide multi-employer work detailsOperator
- Retain and produce penalty documents and share driver informationOperator
- Keep records of penalties and inform multiple employers of driving hoursOperator
Unlimited fine
- Keep records of penalties and provide driver informationOperator
- Keep records of penalties and provide multi-employer work infoOperator
- Keep and produce records of driving penalties and multi-employer workOperator
- Keep records of penalties and provide work info to multiple employersOperator
Unlimited fine
- Keep and provide tachograph records for drivers and inspectorsEmployer
- Maintain tachograph equipment and keep driver recordsEmployer
- Fit tachograph equipment and keep driver records on all cargo or passenger vehiclesEmployer
- Fit vehicles with tachographs and keep driver data for at least one yearEmployer
- Manage and record drivers' hours, breaks, and rest periodsEmployer
- Keep records of penalties and provide work details to multiple employersOperator
11 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Start a transport and logistics business
Launch a transport or haulage business with the right operator licence
What to do when stopped by DVSA at the roadside
How to handle a DVSA roadside inspection, what examiners check, your rights during the stop, prohibition powers, and what to do afterwards …
Goods vehicle compliance quick check
Quick compliance check across all goods vehicle operator obligations
Responding to DVSA enforcement or Traffic Commissioner action
What to do if your transport business faces DVSA enforcement action or a Traffic Commissioner public inquiry. Covers understanding your OCRS score, …
Growing your goods vehicle fleet
What changes when you grow your goods vehicle fleet, from O-licence variations to OCRS scrutiny
Getting started with international road haulage
Upgrade your domestic haulage operation for international road freight
Tachographs and Drivers' Hours
Understand tachograph requirements and drivers' hours rules for goods vehicle operations.
1 more guide that reference this instrument
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.