11.—(1) A permit scheme may include provision requiring a provisional advance authorisation for certain specified works in specified streets to be obtained as part of the application for certain classes of permit.
(2) Where a permit scheme includes such provision, it must specify the information which must accompany an application for provisional advance authorisation, and may specify the manner in which such application is submitted and the time within which such applications must be submitted.
(3) Each application for provisional advance authorisation must be limited to one street.
(4) Where a permit scheme requires a provisional advance authorisation to be obtained as part of the application for specified works in specified streets, the Permit Authority must have regard to whether an applicant has obtained such authorisation when deciding whether to issue a permit.
(5) A grant of provisional advance authorisation does not prevent the Permit Authority from deciding not to grant the permit to which that authorisation relates.
(6) A permit scheme must include provision requiring a copy of each application for a provisional advance authorisation to be provided by the applicant upon request made by a relevant authority and to any other person having apparatus in the street to which the application relates.