New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22)

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Sections of Highways England’s roads fall within Local Highways Authority (LHA) areas, but the LHAs have no responsibility as a highway authority or street authority for the Highways England road network. Location and avoidance is another activity that does not come under the definition of street works. You therefore don’t need to hold an LA certificate to simply carry out location and avoidance of underground apparatus. (However, if you still want a card showing LA on its own, that is possible with the new style card.) 5. Renewing certificates

It follows that an English operative will need to hold LA, O1 and O2 to be technically equivalent to holding Excavation in the highway in Wales/Northern Ireland or Excavation in the road in Scotland. You will be able to renew any certificate at any point in its lifetime. Training is not compulsory when renewing but assessment centres can provide it if you want it. These MAC/ ASC/ DBFO/ PFI contractors have authority to exercise Highways England’s legal powers and obligation under the Highways Act 1980 and New Roads & Street Works Act ( NRSWA) 1991. LA and O1 are the only two key certificates for operatives. If you are an operative, you therefore need the following to be qualified to excavate or reinstate: if you renew your old style certificates on a like-for-like basis, you will be reassessed in the same subjects as before

For completeness, TRSG streets in any particular LHA area also appear in the LSG for that area. However, these streets may be named differently between the LSG and the TRSG - When a certificate approaches expiry you will be able to renew it at any time in its last year without losing the unexpired portion. For example, if you renew a certificate with 10 months life left in it, the renewed certificate will last for 5 years and 10 months from the date of renewal.

When serving a notice under NRSWA on Highways England as authority for the strategic road network, you must use the TRSG version of the street reference. Table 1: operative certificate equivalents for England Certificates below(1) issued in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland before 4/9/17(2) and England before 6/4/17 Certificates issued in Scotland after 4/9/17 will directly correlate with those issued in England. For example, certificate O2 in Scotland will be equivalent to certificate O2 in England. Table 2: supervisor certificate equivalents for England Certificates below(1) issued in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland before 4/9/17(2) and England before 6/4/17 Trunk Road Street Gazetteer (TRSG). This is the Highways Agency’s own gazetteer of the strategic road network. O8 - Reinstatement of modular surfaces, concrete footways S-series certificates, for supervisors only:This will happen automatically when your old style card expires - there is no need for you to convert to the new style by a certain date. However, if you add a new certificate to your old style card, the replacement card will be to the new style. on 6 April 2017, new regulations came into force in England, The Street Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (England) Regulations 2016 You won’t need to be reassessed in the key certificates more than once every five years. As long as they are current, you can add as many other certificates as you like, and when you like.