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The existing national derogation to the assimilated drivers’ hours rules contained in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007 for goods vehicles weighing up to 7.5 tonnes—and used within a 100-kilometre radius from base and propelled by natural or liquefied gas or electricity—is revoked. It is replaced with a wider national derogation that adds 3.5 to 4.25 tonne zero-emission vans to the vehicles exempted from the assimilated drivers’ hours rules, as well as reinstating the derogation for 7.5 tonne alternatively propelled goods vehicles used within a 100-kilometre radius from base. The regulations contain a review clause, requiring their effectiveness to be assessed and set out in a published report no later than five years after they come into force.