3. Mixed EU/AETR and Great Britain domestic driving

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September 2

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Many drivers spend some of their time driving under one set of rules and some under another set, perhaps even on the same day.

When working partly under EU/ AETR rules and partly under GB domestic rules during a day or a week, the following points must be considered (the EU rules take precedence over the GB domestic rules):

the time spent driving or on duty under EU/ AETR rules cannot count as a break or rest period under GB domestic rules
driving and other duty under GB domestic rules (including non-driving work in another employment) count as other work but not as a break or rest period under EU/ AETR rules
driving or other duty under EU/ AETR rules count towards the driving and duty limits under GB domestic rules

3.1. Driving limits

The GB domestic limit (a maximum of 10 hours of driving a day) must always be obeyed. But at any time when actually driving under the EU/ AETR rules all the rules on EU/ AETR driving limits must be obeyed.

3.2. Duty limits

GB domestic limit (no more than 11 hours on duty in a 24-hour period) must always be obeyed. But when any EU/ AETR driving is carried out, the limit of 13 or 15 hours maximum of duty (determined by the amount of EU/ AETR daily rest needed) must always be obeyed. EU/ AETR breaks must be taken within these duty periods.

3.3. Rest periods and breaks

All drivers who drive in scope of the EU/AETR drivers hours rules need to comply with the sector specific working time rules, which have the same rest requirements as the EU drivers hours rules. Therefore, a driver who drives vehicles in scope of the GB rules on some days/weeks must always comply with EU rest requirements unless they are classed as an occasional mobile worker. For more information see Annex 2.

Drivers who are occasional mobile workers only need to comply with EU/ AETR daily rest requirements on days when they drive under EU/ AETR rules. An EU/ AETR weekly rest period must also be taken. So where a driver who is an occasional mobile worker works under EU/ AETR rules in one week and under GB domestic rules the next week (or vice versa), they must take either an EU/ AETR regular or a reduced weekly rest in the week in which the EU/ AETR regulated driving takes place. If a reduced weekly rest is taken, compensation will be required by the end of the third week following the week in which the reduced weekly rest is taken.

As it is not permitted to work more than 6 x 24-hour periods (including any non-EU/ AETR regulated work) between weekly rest periods, drivers who are occasional mobile workers must take an EU compliant weekly rest period prior to undertaking any EU/ AETR regulated work where any previous non-EU/ AETR regulated work means the 6 x 24-hour periods would be exceeded.

3.4 Records

Drivers must follow the general principles at the start of this section to make sure they record activities appropriately.

Working under EU/AETR rules means EU/AETR record keeping rules will always apply in addition to GB domestic record keeping rules. This is the case for drivers that meet the definition of an occasional mobile worker under working time rules.

On any day where a driver carries out a journey covered by both 

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