The Goods Vehicles (Testing, Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

These Regulations are made under sections 41(1), (2) and (5), 45(1), (2) and (7), 46(7), 47(5), 49(1) and (2) and 51(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (“the 1988 Act”) and section 14 (3) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28) (“the 2023 Act”). These Regulations amend the regulatory framework in respect of goods vehicles in the areas of roadworthiness testing and drivers’ hours and tachographs. The effect of these amendments is, firstly, to extend the regulatory framework that applies to goods vehicles with a design gross weight or maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3,500 kilograms to zero-emissions goods vehicles (“ZEGVs”) with a design gross weight or maximum permissible mass of more than 3,500 kilograms but not exceeding 4,250 kilograms (“the affected vehicles”), and, secondly, to remove the affected vehicles from scope of the regulatory framework that would otherwise have applied by virtue of their weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms.