# The Road Works (Scottish Road Works Register Fees and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2024 S.S.I. 2024/23 · made 23 January 2024 · revised to 1 April 2025 Section 112A(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“the Act”) provides for the Scottish Road Works Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) to keep a register to be known as the Scottish Road Works Register (“SRWR”). Made under: Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Section 61B); New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (Section 112A, Section 126, Section 163) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-scottish-road-works-register-fees-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2024/pdf/ssi_20240023_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-scottish-road-works-register-fees-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2024/pdf/ssipn_20240023_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Roads And Bridges Made 23rd January 2024 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th January 2024 Coming into force 1st April 2024 The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61B(9) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and sections 112A(4), 126 and 163(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and all other powers enabling them to do so. In accordance with section 163A of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 they have consulted with such— (a) persons considered by them to be representative of the interests of undertakers, (b) road works authorities, and (c) other persons, as they think appropriate. ## 1 Citation and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Road Works (Scottish Road Works Register Fees and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 1 April 2024. ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Prescribed fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Revocation The Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2022 are revoked. ## 5 Amendment of the Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (1) The Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) In regulation 8(1) (qualification registration)— (a) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”, (b) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert— “, (e) Highfield Qualifications, and (f) EUIAS.”. ## 6 Amendment of the Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (1) The Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) In regulation 10(1) (qualification registration)— (a) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”, (b) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert— “, (e) Highfield Qualifications, and (f) EUIAS.”. ## Signature FIONA HYSLOP Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd January 2024 ## FIGURES FOR ROADS AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO FORMULAE FOR CALCULATION OF PRESCRIBED FEES UNDER REGULATION 3(3) Column 1 Roads Authority Column 2 Figure Aberdeen City 0.018 Aberdeenshire 0.018 Angus 0.006 Argyll & Bute 0.003 City of Edinburgh 0.024 Clackmannanshire 0.003 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 0.0006 Dumfries & Galloway 0.006 Dundee City 0.009 East Ayrshire 0.009 East Dunbartonshire 0.006 East Lothian 0.006 East Renfrewshire 0.006 Falkirk 0.006 Fife 0.012 Glasgow City 0.03 Highland 0.006 Inverclyde 0.006 Midlothian 0.006 Moray 0.009 North Ayrshire 0.012 North Lanarkshire 0.012 Orkney Islands 0.0012 Perth & Kinross 0.009 Renfrewshire 0.009 Scottish Borders 0.012 The Scottish Ministers 0.056 Shetland Islands 0.0012 South Ayrshire 0.006 South Lanarkshire 0.009 Stirling 0.009 West Dunbartonshire 0.009 West Lothian 0.015 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) Section 112A(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“the Act”) provides for the Scottish Road Works Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) to keep a register to be known as the Scottish Road Works Register (“SRWR”). Section 112A(4)(a) of the Act allows the Scottish Ministers, by regulations, to provide that the payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee is a condition of access to the SRWR. Regulation 3(1) provides that, for the financial year 2024/2025 (commencing 1 April 2024) payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee by roads authorities and relevant undertakers is a condition of access to the SRWR as mentioned in section 112A(3) of the Act. The term “relevant undertaker” is defined in regulation 2. Regulation 3(3) and (4) provides formulas for the calculation of the prescribed fee for roads authorities and relevant undertakers respectively for the financial year 2024/2025, commencing on 1 April 2024. Regulation 4 revokes the Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2022. These Regulations also amend the Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017/147, applicable to undertakers, (“the 2017 Regulations”) and the Road Works (Reinstatement Quality Plans, Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023/33, applicable to roads authorities, (“the 2023 Regulations”). Both the 2017 Regulations and the 2023 Regulations prescribe the qualifications required of supervisors and trained operatives executing certain types of road works. A person is qualified in a type of work if an approved body has issued a certificate of competence showing that the person has been assessed as having the required level of competence in that type of work. Regulation 8(1) of the 2017 Regulations, which sets out the approved bodies, is amended by regulation 5, which adds the names of 2 new bodies (Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance Limited, also known as Highfield Qualifications and Energy and Utility Skills Limited, also known as EUIAS) which have been approved to issue certificates of competence in respect of certain types of road works. The same amendment to regulation 10(1) of the 2023 Regulations is made by regulation 6. A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from Transport Scotland, Area 2D North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/23 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-works-scottish-road-works-register-fees-and-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2024 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.