{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/147",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescribed qualifications",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 126 of the Act, a person has a prescribed qualification as a trained operative for a type of work (T) listed in schedule 1 if that person is qualified in—\n(a) T; and\n(b) the following additional types of work—\n(i) O1 - signing, lighting and guarding; and\n(ii) LA - location and avoidance of underground apparatus.\n(2) For the purposes of section 126 of the Act, a person has a prescribed qualification as a supervisor for a type of work (S) listed in schedule 2 if that person is qualified in—\n(a) S; and\n(b) the following additional types of work—\n(i) S1 - monitoring of signing, lighting and guarding; and\n(ii) LA - location and avoidance of underground apparatus.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a person is qualified in a type of work if, in respect of that work—\n(a) an approved body has issued a certificate of competence showing that the person has been assessed by an approved assessment centre as having the required level of competence;\n(b) a competent authority has issued a certificate of recognition stating that the person meets the requirements of regulation 29(1) ... (conditions for recognition of qualification in a relevant European State) of the 2015 Regulations; or\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nand the certificate is registered in the approved register.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(3)(b) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/33), regs. 1, 20(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(3)(b) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/33), regs. 1, 20(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3)(c) omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/33), regs. 1, 20(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 4.9.2017, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/147/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:18:45.555585+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}