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    1.    Date book first used ..........

    2.    Date book last used ..........

    3.    Surname, first name(s), and address of holder of book ..............................

    4.    Name, address, telephone number and stamp (if any) of employer/undertaking ........................................

    5.    Name, address, telephone number and stamp (if any) of any other employer(s) ..............................

    6.    Operator's Licence No. (Nos.) ..........

    1.    Enter your surname, first name(s) and address (item 3). Owner-drivers need not make any entry in item 3 unless their personal address is different from the address of their place of business.

    2.    Enter the date on which you first use the book (item 1).

    3.    Immediately after you have completed all the weekly sheets enter in item 2 the date on which you last made an entry in a weekly sheet. If you cease to be employed by the employer who issued you with a record book enter the last date on which you were employed in item 2.

    4.    Use a new sheet each week. A week runs from midnight on Sunday/Monday to midnight the next Sunday/Monday.

    5.    Complete boxes 1 and 2 at the beginning of each week in which you work as a driver.

    6.    Each day on which you do work as a driver complete boxes 3-9 in accordance with the instructions below.

    7.    Enter in box 3 for the day in question the registration number of any vehicle used during that day.

    8.    Complete boxes 4 and 5 at the beginning of each day on which you do work as a driver.

    9.    Complete boxes 6, 7 and 8 and 9 at the end of the day's work.

    1.    After completing items 4 and 6 on the front sheet, issue a record book to the drivers employed by you.

    2.    Give the holder the necessary instructions for correct use of the book.

    3.    When the record book is handed in to you by the drivers employed by you within seven days of the end of each week of driving, examine and sign the weekly record sheet (including the duplicate sheet) for the week to which it relates. Tear out and keep the duplicate sheets, leaving the top sheets in the book and return the book to the driver before he is next on duty.

    4.    When the used books have been handed back to you by the drivers employed by you preserve them together with the duplicate sheets for not less than one year.

    5.    Ensure that items 1 and 3 on the front sheet are completed before you use the book.

    6.    This record book is personal. Carry it with you when on duty and produce it to any authorised inspecting officer on request. Hand it over to your employer when you leave the undertaking.

    7.    Produce this record book to your employer within 7 days of the end of each week of driving, so that he can check and countersign your entries. Keep the top sheets in the book.

    8.    When the book is completed, complete item 2 on the front sheet and keep the book for 2 weeks so that it can be produced at any time to an authorised inspecting officer and then hand it to your employer.

    9.    Ensure that items 1, 3 (if applicable) 4 and 6 on the front sheet are completed before you use the record book. Enter your business address in item 4.

    10.    This record book is personal. Carry it with you when on duty and produce it to any authorised inspecting officer on request.

    11.    Tear out and keep the duplicate of each weekly record sheet at the end of the week to which it relates.

    12.    When the book is completed, complete item 2 on the front sheet. Preserve the used books and the duplicate sheets for not less than a year.

    13.    All entries must be made in ink or with a ball-point pen.

    14.    If you have to correct an entry, strike the incorrect entry through, write the correct entry near it and initial the correction.

(These notes are for guidance only and reference should be made to Part VI of the Transport Act 1968 and, the Drivers' Hours (Keeping of Records) Regulations 1987 for particulars of the statutory provisions).