PART 1 N.I.PERMIT SCHEMES

Meaning of permit schemeN.I.

1—(1) Any reference in this Part to a permit scheme is a reference to a scheme which is designed to control the carrying out of specified works in specified roads.

(2) A permit scheme may (in particular) include provision—

(a)for, or in connection with, requiring a permit to be obtained before specified works are carried out (including provision as to the persons who are required to obtain permits),

(b)for, or in connection with, the issue of permits (including provision with respect to applications for permits, provision for cases in which there is to be an entitlement to the issue of a permit and provision with respect to cases in which permits are to be deemed to be issued),

(c)as to cases in which specified works may be carried out without a permit,

(d)for, or in connection with, the imposition of conditions which are to apply in relation to the carrying out of specified works (including provision for, or in connection with, the attachment of such conditions to permits),

(e)for, or in connection with, the review or variation of permits or such conditions (including provision with respect to applications for such variations)

(3) In this section “specified”, in relation to a permit scheme, means specified, or of a description specified, in the scheme.