S.L. 499.56 Art. 74Breaks.

(1)(a) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-regulation

(2), a person performing mobile road transport activities shall work for no more than six consecutive hours without a break.

(b) Where the working time of a person performing mobile road transport activities exceeds six hours but does not exceed nine hours, working time shall be interrupted by a break of at least thirty minutes.

(c) Where the working time of a person performing mobile road transport activities exceeds nine hours, working time shall be interrupted by a break of at least forty-five minutes.

(d) Breaks may be subdivided into periods of not less than fifteen minutes each.

(2) (a) A driver shall take an uninterrupted break of not less than forty-five minutes after a driving period of four and-a-half-hours, unless he takes a rest period.

(b) This break may be replaced by a break of at least fifteen minutes followed by a break of at least thirty minutes, each distributed over the driving period in such a way as to comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.