What are the rules on the return and custody of charts?
Drivers must carry: Their record charts (not photocopies) for the current week The chart for the last day of the previous week on which they drove Drivers must give the completed charts to their employers within 21 days. Employers must: Make sure that drivers hand in their record sheets within 21 days Keep all charts for at least one year after their use Make regular checks to see that the EC drivers’ hours and tachograph rules are being obeyed; if they are not steps should be taken to make sure the breach does not happen again Be able to produce 1 year’s record charts for the enforcement authorities. Employers and drivers are required to hand over record charts to enforcement authorities when so requested.