The Road Works (Sharing of Costs of Works) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;

“allowable costs” means, in relation to diversionary works, the sum of all the reasonable costs incurred in executing them, except–

(a)

costs incurred in preparing the initial set of plans and estimates in relation to those diversionary works (but not in preparing any further plans and estimates which the authority may require);

(b)

costs disallowed under regulation 6(3);

“authority” means a roads authority, bridge authority or transport authority;

“the Code” means the Code of Practice entitled “Measures Necessary where Apparatus is affected by Major Works (Diversionary Works)” dated June 1992, as revised and re-issued from time to time(1);

“diversionary works” means measures needing to be taken in relation to an undertaker’s apparatus on a road in consequence of major works or in order to facilitate their execution;

“major works” means major works for roads purposes, major bridge works or major transport works;

“section 145(3)(a) to (f) works” means major transport works which are or would, if executed by a roads authority, be major works for road purposes described in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 145 of the Act.

(1)

As approved by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Wales and Scotland under sections 84 and 143 of the Act. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.