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DFT News Release: D4 Mecial Suspension, Drivers’ Hours & Motorway Services

The following is taken from an email circular supplied by the Department for Transport. The government has temporarily suspended the need for a D4 medical when renewing driving entitlements. D4 medical suspension With NHS staff rightly focused on the nationwide response to COVID-19, the government is taking action to protect essential supply chains by making temporary provisions for commercial drivers aged 45 and over, to forgo the need for a D4 medical in order to renew their driving entitlement. This change is temporary…

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Full Details on Relaxation of the EU & GB Drivers’ Hours Regulations

In response to unprecedented pressures on local and national supply chains, the Department for Transport has pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, introduced a temporary and limited urgent relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales. It has also introduced a temporary and limited urgent relaxation of the enforcement of GB drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales. For full details; please follow this link.

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