{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-england-regulations-2016/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-qualifications-of-operatives-and-supervisors-england-regulations-2016/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescribed qualifications",
  "text": "(1) 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) signing, lighting and guarding, and\n(ii) location and avoidance of underground apparatus.\n(2) 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) monitoring, signing, lighting and guarding, and\n(ii) 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 qualifications held by the person for that type of work have been recognised under Part 2 of the 2023 Regulations; or\n(c) a competent authority has issued a certificate of recognition stating that the person has completed an adaptation period or has taken and passed an aptitude test, imposed in accordance with Part 2 of the 2023 Regulations;\nand the certificate is registered in the approved register.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3)(b)(c) 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(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2017, see reg. 1(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1147/regulation/3",
    "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."
}