Permits
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a permit scheme must include provision requiring a permit to be obtained from the Permit Authority before specified works are carried out in a specified street.
(2) A permit scheme must specify persons (or types of persons) to whom and circumstances (or types of circumstances) in which the requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply.
(3) A permit scheme must specify the information which will accompany a permit application, and may specify the manner in which, and the time within which, such applications should be submitted.
(4) A permit scheme must require each application for a permit to be limited to one street.
(5) A permit scheme must require each application for a permit or for a variation of a permit to provide an estimate of the likely duration of the works which are the subject of that application.
(6) A permit scheme must provide for each permit to specify the duration within which the specified works on a specified street are by that permit authorised.
(7) A permit scheme may provide for different classes of permit to be required in relation to different circumstances.
(8) A permit scheme may provide that where it is proposed that the relevant specified works are to be carried out in more than one phase, a separate permit must be obtained in respect of each phase.
(9) A permit scheme must include provision requiring a copy of each application for a permit to be provided by the applicant upon request to any relevant authority and to any other person having apparatus in the street to which the application relates.