New Roads and Street Works Act 1991: Code of Practice for the Co-ordination of Works in Roads

Apparatus

Includes any structure for the lodging therein of apparatus or for gaining access to apparatus (section 164).

Associated Street Data (ASD)

Additional data held in the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) relating to maintaining authority, special designations and reinstatement categories.

Base Gazetteer

The NSG data at it's most basic level. Made up of a list of streets and co-ordinates plotting the route of the street.

Bridge

Includes so much of any road as gives access to the bridge and any embankment, retaining wall or other work or substance supporting or protecting that part of the road (Section 147).

Bridge Authority

The authority, body or person in whom a bridge is vested (Section 147).

Carriageway

Public right of passage by vehicle, other than a right by pedal cycle.

Commissioner

The Scottish Road Works Commissioner.

Costs (for resurfacing)

Costs, direct costs and overhead costs should be based on The Road Works (Recovery of Costs) (Scotland) Regulations 2003.

Culvert

A structure in the form of a large pipe or pipes, box or enclosed channel generally used for conveying water under a road.

Cycle Track

Public right of passage by pedal cycle only, or by pedal cycle and foot only.

Day

Working day (regulation 2(1) of SI 2008 No88), which is a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or the public holidays for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and the day following New Year's Day. (This differs from Section 157(2) of NRSWA but has been agreed by the Scottish road works community and the Commissioner as better reflecting working practice in Scotland).

A notice given after 16:30 on a working day is to be treated as given on the next working day. In reckoning any period which is expressed to be a period from or before a given date, that date must be excluded (based upon Section 157(i) of NRSWA).

Emergency Works

As defined in Table 6.1 of this Code of Practice.

End of Working Day for notice purposes

16:30 (Section 157(2) of NRSWA).

Footpath

Public right of passage by foot only where it is not associated with a carriageway.

Footway

Public right of passage by foot only where it is associated with a carriageway.

Interface

Where the carriageway surface meets:

• the kerb or the edge of the carriageway for unkerbed roads.
• the carriageway of an adjoining street at a junction.
• another section of machine laid surface and a joint exists where the two machine laid surfaces meet.

Interim Reinstatement

The orderly placement and proper compaction of reinstatement layers to finished surface level, including any temporary materials.

Maintainable Road

A road which a roads authority has a duty to maintain.

Major Works

As defined in Table 5.1 of this Code of Practice.

Minor Works

As defined in Table 5.1 of this Code of Practice.

Month

A calendar month (regulation 2(1) of SI 2008 No88).

National Street Gazetteer (NSG)

The list maintained by each respective roads authority of the roads within its area.

Notice

A set of specified information which should be entered in the SRWR by a specified point in time.

Permanent Reinstatement

The orderly placement and proper compaction of reinstatement layers up to and including the finished surface level.

RAUC(S)

Road Authorities and Utilities Committee (Scotland).

Relevant Authority

In relation to any road works', is the roads authority and also where the works include breaking up or opening in the road of a sewer vested in the local authority, that local authority;

Where the road is carried or crossed by a bridge vested in a transport authority, or crosses or is crossed by any other property held or used for the purposes of a transport authority, that authority; and

Where in any other case the road not being a public road is carried or crossed by a bridge, the bridge authority (Section 108).

Resurfacing

A new surface material laid by machine which requires compaction and has the ability to reprofile the surface. It is considered that neither surface dressing nor slurry sealing has the ability to reprofile the surface.

Road

Any way (other than a waterway) over which there is a public right of passage (by whatever means) and includes the road's verge, and any bridge (whether permanent or temporary) over which, or tunnel through which, the road passes; and any reference to a road includes a part thereof.

Roads Authority

In relation to a road or proposed road, the regional or islands council within whose area the road is (such council being in this Act referred to as a "local roads authority"); and

In relation to a trunk road (whether existing or in course of construction) or, without prejudice to a special road provided (or to be provided) or to any other road constructed (or to be constructed) by the Scottish Ministers.

Road Manager

In relation to a road which is not a public road, the authority, body or person liable to the public to maintain or repair the road, or if there is none, any authority, body or person having the management or control of the road (Section 108).

Road Works Authority

If the road is a public road, it is the roads authority and if it is not a public road, the road manager.

Road Works

Works for any purposes other than roads purposes, being works of any of the following kinds executed in a road pursuance of a statutory right or with permission granted under Section 109 (NRSWA):

• placing apparatus or
• inspecting, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing apparatus, changing the position of apparatus or removing it or works required for or incidental to any such works (including in particular, breaking up or opening the road, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, or tunnelling or boring under the road).

Road Works

Permission

Permission granted by a roads authority to a person to carry out road works.

Scottish Road Works Register (SRWR)

The register of all road works and related events in Scotland.

Site

In relation to notices, this means individual elements of works which can be completed at different times and which require the submission of individual reinstatement details notices.

This could be long trenches with sectional completion or a series of individual excavations within a single road works.

SROR

Specification for Reinstatement of Roads.

Standard Work

As defined in Table 6.1 of this Code of Practice.

Start of Working Day

08:00 hours.

Traffic Authority

The roads authority for the road concerned (based upon paragraph 70 of Schedule 8 to NRSWA).

Traffic Sensitive

Situation

A traffic sensitive road or that part of it which is designated traffic sensitive and in the case of a limited designation the dates or times to which the designation applies (based upon Section 123 of NRSWA).

Undertaker

The person in whom the relevant statutory right is exercisable or a person having permission under Section 109 of NRSWA (see Section 107(4) of NRSWA).

Unique Street Reference Number (USRN)

A unique reference number given to each street in the NSG.

Urgent Works

As defined in Table 5.1 of this Code of Practice

Utility or Utility Company

An undertaker by whom a statutory right to execute road works is exercised.

Works Clear

The status of "works clear" provides a point where the promoter can declare that all information about the works has been supplied and the works are now complete. This indicates that all interim reinstatement where necessary has been done and all sites have been cleared.

Works Closed

The status of "works closed" provides a point where the promoter can declare that all information about the works has been supplied and the works are now complete. This indicates that all permanent reinstatement where necessary has been done and all sites have been cleared. The works can only be reopened if remedial works are required.

Works For Road Purposes

(a) works for the maintenance of a road:

(b) works for any purpose falling within the definition of "improvement" in Section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,

(c) the erection, maintenance, alteration or removal of traffic signs, or

(d) the construction of a crossing for vehicles across a footway or the strengthening or adaptation of a footway for use as a crossing for vehicles.

Works Promoter

The organisation promoting the work in the roads, i.e. a road works authority or undertaker.

Year

A calendar year.