Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006

regulation 2 + 2.—(1) Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

regulation 2 2 a + (a)for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2. This Regulation shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken exclusively within the United Kingdom.

2A. This Regulation shall apply to carriage by road of goods undertaken in the United Kingdom by a vehicle where the motor vehicle or tractor is registered in the United Kingdom or a member State and where that carriage is undertaken exclusively within the area consisting of the United Kingdom and the European Union.”;

regulation 2 2 b + (b)for paragraph 3 substitute—

“3. Subject to paragraph 2A, the AETR shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken in the United Kingdom where that carriage is part of international road transport operations undertaken in part outside the United Kingdom.”.

(3) In Article 4—

regulation 2 3 a + (a)in point (n), at the end insert “and, in particular, include special regular passenger services”;

regulation 2 3 b + (b)for point (na) substitute—

“(na)“special regular passenger services” means services by whomsoever organised, which provide for the transport of specified categories of passengers to the exclusion of other passengers, in so far as such services are operated under the conditions specified for regular passenger services and, in particular, include—

(i)the carriage of workers between home and work;

(ii)the carriage of school pupils and students to and from the educational institution;”;

regulation 2 3 c + (c)omit point (nb).

(4) In Article 8, omit paragraph 6a.