The Regulations contain additional provisions governing night work, whether regular or occasional.

Minimum terms for the employment of young people (under 18) were laid down by the EU in the Young Workers Directive in 1993.

These matters are outside the scope of this brief summary.

Take note:

The subject-matter of the Working Time Directive, the Young Workers Directive and the Working Time Regulations is a complex area of law, much of it as yet untested in the

courts. Treat this summary as no more than a series of signals designed to alert you to your main obligations under them. The precise details of the requirements they put on you will vary with the pattern of every production you undertake.

If you have any doubt about these areas, you should seek expert advice. For such advice for independent producers, see the PIRS details in the next paragraph. If you are making an in-house production for a broadcaster, you should seek the advice of the appropriate internal manager.