{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-england-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-england-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1147",
  "legislation_title": "The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-england-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2009 Regulations” means the Street Works (Qualifications of Supervisors and Operatives) (England) Regulations 2009;\n“the 2023 Regulations” means the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;\n...\n“the Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;\n“adaptation period” has the meaning given to it in regulation 3 of the 2023 Regulations;\n“approved assessment centre” means an establishment approved by an approved body for the purpose of assessing competence in the types of work which fall to be done by a trained operative or supervisor;\n“approved body” has the meaning given to it by regulation 8(1);\n“approved register” means the register mentioned in regulation 8(2);\n“aptitude test” has the meaning given to it in regulation 3 of the 2023 Regulations;\n“certificate” means a certificate of competence or certificate of recognition (except where the reference is to a renewal certificate);\n“certificate of competence” means a qualification, award or an equivalent which is granted by an approved body;\n“certificate of recognition” means a certificate issued in pursuance of regulation 3(3)(b) or (c);\n“competent authority” means Qualifications Scotland, the City and Guilds of London Institute and the Certification and Association Board for the Water Authority;\n“registration body” means Qualifications Scotland;\n“renewal certificate” means a certificate issued in pursuance of regulation 13;\n“supervisor” means a person by whom street works are required to be supervised under section 67(1) of the Act; and\n“trained operative” means a person whose presence at the site of street works is required under section 67(2) of the Act.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person has been—\n(a) assessed as having the required level of competence in a type of work if that person has passed a practical and theoretical assessment designed to demonstrate attainment of the required level of knowledge and understanding of, and skill in, that type of work; and\n(b) reassessed as having the required level of competence in a type of work if that person has passed a theoretical assessment designed to demonstrate that the required level of knowledge and understanding of that type of work has been retained and kept up to date since the previous assessment or reassessment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 98(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.12.2023) by virtue of The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 98(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 98(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.2.2026) by The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1350), art. 1(4), Sch. para. 16(2)(a); S.S.I. 2026/2, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.2.2026) by The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1350), art. 1(4), Sch. para. 16(2)(b); S.S.I. 2026/2, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2017, see reg. 1(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/2257."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1147/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:44.467749+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."
}