Once again, ROG is spot on.
When you say that 90% of the industry is running illegally, its not surprising given the total lack of understanding that “underpins” the concept of the Drivers Hours Rules 2006 - ie 561/2006. That concept is the Fixed week which is clearly defined as Monday-Sunday. (I have left the times out!)
That is the FIXED week and is the only Week that is defined in the Regs as a WEEK per se. It is defined at article 4(i).
There is no doubt that the Regs are poorly written but at Article 1(13) it clearly allows for a driver to start a new, in effect “working” week on any day of the week. This allows Days Off (Weekly Rest) to be taken anywhere in the Week. If this was not the case then everybody would be weekend off, every weekend!
Thus reductions in Daily Rest can be taken between said Weekly Rest periods but not more than 3 Times.
It may be easier if the period between Weekly Rest periods was described as the “Working Week” - as it often is in Enforcement Circles - and the Working Week and Fixed week do not need to be aligned.
“Driving Time”( 9 or 10 hours, 56 hours and 90 hours) are all “FIXED WEEK” activities and “Daily Rest Reductions” are a “working week” activity.