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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-road-works-register-prescribed-fees-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/52",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-road-works-register-prescribed-fees-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nSection 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 (“the SRWR”).\nSection 112A(4) 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.\nRegulation 3(1), (2) and (3) provide that, for the period from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee by roads authorities and relevant undertakers is a condition of access to the SRWR as mentioned under section 112A(3) of the Act. The term “relevant undertaker” is defined in regulation 2.\nRegulation 3(5) and (6) and the schedule provide formulae for the calculation of the prescribed fee for roads authorities and relevant undertakers respectively for the financial year commencing on 1 April 2026.\nRegulation 4 revokes the Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2025.\nA 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/52/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:41.153511+00:00"
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  "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."
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