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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 77

Replacement of section 169 of the principal enactment

77. Section 169 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :-
169.
(1) No person shall drive, or cause or permit any person employed by him or subject to his orders to drive, any motor tricycle van or motor coach or lorry
(a) for any continuous period of more than four and a half hours ; or
(b) so that the driver has not at least ten consecutive hours for rest in any period of twenty-four hours calculated from the commencement of any period of driving.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), any two or more periods of time shall be deemed to be a continuous period, unless separated by an interval of not less than half an hour in which the driver is able to obtain rest and refreshment.",


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