Regulation 9 Permits

Subject to paragraph (2), a permit scheme shall include provision requiring a permit to be obtained from the Permit Authority before specified works are carried out in a specified street.

A permit scheme shall specify persons (or types of persons) to whom and circumstances (or types of circumstances) in which the requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply.

A permit scheme shall specify the information which shall accompany a permit application, and may specify the manner in which, and the time within which, such applications shall be submitted.

A permit scheme shall require each application for a permit to be limited to one street.

A permit scheme shall require each application for a permit or for a variation of a permit to provide an estimate of the likely duration of the works the subject of that application.

A permit scheme shall provide for each permit to specify the duration within which the specified works on a specified street are by that permit authorised.

A permit scheme may provide for different classes of permit to be required in relation to different circumstances.

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 shall be obtained in respect of each phase.

A permit scheme shall 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.