The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 is amended as follows.

In section 112B (duty to enter certain information in the Scottish Road Works Register), in subsection (7), paragraph (d) is repealed.

In section 117 (restrictions on works following substantial road works), in subsection (1), for the words from “during” to the end of the first sentence, substitute “ for such period following the completion of those works as may be prescribed. ”.

In section 118 (general duty of road works authority to co-ordinate works), subsection (5) is repealed.

In section 120 (protected roads), in subsection (2)(b), the words “or section 61 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (permission to place and maintain apparatus under a road)” are repealed.

Sections 132A to 132E and section 137A are repealed.

In section 155 (recovery of costs or expenses), in subsection (3), the words “or 137A (contributions to costs of resurfacing by undertakers)” are repealed.

In section 161(6) (effect of Part IV on other enactments or instruments), the words “Except as mentioned in section 138(6),” are repealed.

In section 165 (index of defined expressions), after the entry for “the Commissioner”, insert—