The Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2026

Made: 3rd February 2026

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 5th February 2026

Coming into force: 1st April 2026

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 112A(4) and 163(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 163A of that Act[^f00002] they have consulted with such— persons considered by them to be representative of the interests of undertakers, road works authorities, and other persons,

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

road works authorities, and

other persons,

as they think appropriate.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 1 April 2026.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991,

• “financial year 2026/2027” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1 April 2026,

• “relevant period” means the period of 12 months beginning with 1 January 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025,

• “relevant undertaker” means an undertaker who has entered a notice in the SRWR[^f00003] in the relevant period,

• “undertaker” has the same meaning as in section 107(4) of the Act but excludes those persons granted permission under section 109 of the Act to execute road works.

Prescribed fees

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• (1) This regulation applies in respect of of the financial year 2026/2027.

• (2) Payment to the Commissioner[^f00004] of the prescribed fee, calculated in accordance with paragraph (5), is a condition of access to the SRWR by roads authorities[^f00005] under section 112A(3) of the Act.

• (3) Payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee, calculated in accordance with paragraph (6), is a condition of access to the SRWR by relevant undertakers under section 112A(3) of the Act.

• (4) Payments due to the Commissioner under this regulation must be made within 60 days of receipt of the invoice from the Commissioner.

• (5) For each roads authority, the prescribed fee for the purposes of section 112A(4)(a) of the Act must be calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$R × £ 1,192 , 625 - £ A$ where— R is the figure shown in column 2 of the schedule in relation to the roads authority specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the schedule to which the calculation relates, and £A is the total amount payable to the Commissioner by way of prescribed amounts for financial year 2026/27 pursuant to regulation 3 of the Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees and Amounts) Regulations 2008[^f00006].$

• (6) For each relevant undertaker, the prescribed fee for the purposes of section 112A(4)(a) of the Act must be calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$N T N × £ 1,192 , 625 - £ A × 0 . 65$ where— N is the number of notices entered by the relevant undertaker to which the calculation relates in the SRWR in the relevant period, TN is the total number of notices entered by all relevant undertakers in the SRWR in the relevant period, and £A has the same meaning as in paragraph (5).$

Revocation

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The Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2025[^f00007] are revoked.

Schedule — FIGURES FOR ROADS AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO FORMULAE FOR CALCULATION OF PRESCRIBED FEES UNDER REGULATION 3(5)

Signed

FIONA HYSLOP — A member of the Scottish Government — 3rd February 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 112A(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“the Act”) provides for the Scottish Road Works Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) to keep a register to be known as the Scottish Road Works Register (“the SRWR”).

Section 112A(4) of the Act allows the Scottish Ministers, by regulations, to provide that the payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee is a condition of access to the SRWR.

Regulation 3(1), (2) and (3) provide that, for the period from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, payment to the Commissioner of the prescribed fee by roads authorities and relevant undertakers is a condition of access to the SRWR as mentioned under section 112A(3) of the Act. The term “relevant undertaker” is defined in regulation 2.

Regulation 3(5) and (6) and the schedule provide formulae for the calculation of the prescribed fee for roads authorities and relevant undertakers respectively for the financial year commencing on 1 April 2026.

Regulation 4 revokes the Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2025.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from Transport Scotland, Area 2D North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ and online at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1991 c. 22. Section 112A was inserted by section 19 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12) (“the 2005 Act”). Section 163(1) includes a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 163(1) were transferred to the Scottish Ministers, so far as within devolved competence, by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: Section 163A was inserted by section 39 of the 2005 Act.

[^f00003]: The Scottish Road Works Register is kept in terms of section 112A(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”). Section 112A(1) of that Act defines “the SRWR”.

[^f00004]: The Scottish Road Works Commissioner was created by section 16(1) of the 2005 Act and has functions under section 112A of the 1991 Act. Section 112A(1) of that Act defines “the Commissioner”.

[^f00005]: Section 145(1) of the 1991 Act defines “roads authority” as having the same meaning as in section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54).

[^f00006]: S.S.I. 2008/16. Regulation 3 was amended by S.S.I. 2014/58.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2025/18.