The Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Section 126(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“the Act”) requires that the execution of works is supervised by a person having a prescribed qualification as a supervisor where an undertaker executes road works involving breaking up the road or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, or tunnelling or boring under the road. Section 126(2) of the Act requires at least one person having a prescribed qualification as a trained operative to be on site at all times where an undertaker executes road works involving breaking up or opening the road or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, or tunnelling or boring under the road.