Owner-Drivers (Contracts and Disputes) Act 2007

For the purposes of this Act, an owner‑driver contract is a contract (whether written or oral or partly written and partly oral) entered into in the course of business by an owner‑driver with another person for the transport of goods in a heavy vehicle by the owner‑driver.

It does not matter that an owner‑driver contract provides for an owner‑driver to perform services other than transporting goods, as long as the services to be performed under the contract predominantly relate to the transport of goods.

To avoid doubt, an owner‑driver contract does not include a contract that is a contract of employment.