A new EC Regulation on drivers’ hours (Regulation (EC) 561/2006) was agreed in December 2006 the main requirements of which came into force on 11 April 2007. The new Regulation clarifies weekly driving limits; requires more frequent and evenly spread breaks; increases daily rest requirements; and updates exemptions nd national derogations. Some elements, mainly relating to changes to the existing tachograph rules, came into force on 1 May 2006 (20 days after the Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union). These include a change to the number of tachograph charts that drivers are required to carry with them for the purposes of
roadside checks and the mandatory fitment of digital tachographs in any in-scope vehicles first put into service on or after 1 May 2006. This second edition reflects these changes.

Source: VOSA.

You can view the UK Drivers’ Hours and Tachograph rules publications from VOSA via the following links;

GV262 - Drivers Hours and Tachograph Rules for Goods Vehicles

PSV375 - Drivers Hours and Tachograph Rules for Road Passenger Vehicles

Digital Tachograph useful links provided by VOSA;

Digital Tachograph useful links