2019 No. 159

Roads And Bridges

The Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 126 and 163(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 19911 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 163A2 of that Act they have consulted with such—

  1. a

    persons considered by them to be representative of the interests of undertakers,

  2. b

    road works authorities, and

  3. c

    other persons,

as they think appropriate.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 and come into force on 11 June 2019.

Amendment of the Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 20172

1

The Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 20173 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In regulation 8(1) (qualification registration)—

a

in sub-paragraph (b) omit the second “and”, and

b

at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert—

; and

d

Lantra4.

MICHAEL MATHESONA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”). The 2017 Regulations prescribe the qualifications required of supervisors and trained operatives executing certain types of road works.

A person has a prescribed qualification for a type of work listed in schedules 1 or 2 of the 2017 Regulations if the person is qualified in that type of work and the additional types of work specified in regulation 3(1)(b) (for trained operatives) or regulation 3(2)(b) (for supervisors). A person is qualified in a type of work if an approved body has issued a certificate of competence showing that the person has been assessed as having the required level of competence in that type of work (regulation 3(3)(a)). Regulation 8(1) sets out the approved bodies for the purposes of issuing certificates of competence.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the 2017 Regulations to add an approved body (Lantra) to the list set out at regulation 8(1) of the 2017 Regulations.