road transport
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The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has updated its guidance on vehicle load security. This is vitally important not just for large goods vehicles, but also vans, cars and...
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Whether you are a private motorist or a professional driver, you need to be aware that if your photo card licence or entitlement to drive expires between 1 February and...
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Applicants for, and holders of, operator’s licences can be very frustrated by the time taken to grant a new licence or vary an existing one. So, is the situation getting...
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Tim Ridyard looks in more detail at one of the changes in the amended EU Drivers’ Hours Rules (Regulation EU 2020/10454) introduced on 20 August 2020 – additional rules now...
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A number of changes affecting Drivers’ Hours Rules and tachographs have come into force through Regulation (EU) 2020/0154. Here are some highlights. No regular weekly rests in cabs Regular weekly...
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Some Driver CPC regulations changes come into force from 22 July 2020. These include new or amended exclusions introduced by the Vehicle Drivers (Certificate of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2020....
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As we gradually and cautiously start to ‘unlock’ there have been some developments since our last update, a summary of which we provide here. COVID-19: Quaranting on arrival in England...
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If you now arrive in England from outside the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (the “Common Travel Area”) from Monday 8...
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The Government has published “Working Safely during the Coronavirus (COVID-19)”. We will be reviewing this from a regulatory and employment law perspective at our Ashtons Legal Webinar on Thursday 21...
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Many ‘normal’ rules have had to be re-visited due to the COVID-19 situation so that fleets can continue to operate. This has been done in a variety of ways: by...
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Here is a revised summary of some developments in road transport and logistics since our last update. Workplace/health and safety HM Government policy remains that all supply chains must function...
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The temporary relaxation of the enforcement to the EU Drivers’ Hours Rules we reported here that began on 23 March 2020 has been reviewed and extended until the end of Sunday...
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