New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

[F1 112A The Scottish Road Works Register S

(1) The Scottish Road Works Commissioner (in this Part, “the Commissioner”) shall keep a register, to be known as the Scottish Road Works Register (in this Part, “the SRWR”).

(2) The SRWR shall be kept in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

(3) The Commissioner shall make arrangements so as to enable any person who is required, by a provision of this Act, to enter particulars, information or a notice in the SRWR, to have access to the SRWR for that purpose.

(4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—

(a) provide that the payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee is a condition of access to the SRWR as mentioned in subsection (3) (and different fees may be prescribed for access for different purposes), and

(b) make other provision as to the payment to the Commissioner by such persons as are prescribed of such amounts as are prescribed.

(5) Amounts received by the Commissioner under subsection (4) are to be applied by the Commissioner to the keeping of the SRWR.

(6) The Commissioner shall make the SRWR available, at all reasonable times and free of charge, for inspection—

(a) so far as it relates to restricted information, by any person having authority to execute works of any description in the road in respect of which that restricted information is kept in the SRWR or who, not being a person having that authority, nevertheless appears to the Commissioner to have a sufficient interest in that information,

(b) so far as it relates to information which is not restricted, by any person.

(7) In subsection (6), “restricted” information is information of a prescribed description.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 112A, 112B substituted for s. 112 (29.2.2008 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), ss. 19(1), 54(2); S.S.I. 2008/15, art. 2(1)(2), sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended (5.3.2008) by S.S.I. 2008/90, art. 2)