Commentary on provisions of the Act Schedule 24: Street works Permit schemes
Paragraph 3 includes provisions that make clear that nothing in Part 3 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 with respect to permit schemes, and nothing in any permit scheme or in any regulation made under that Part, applies to works authorised by the Act. This is because these provisions would require a further consent for works which have already been authorised by the Act and are necessary for the implementation of Phase One of High Speed 2. This disapplication does not apply to streets for which the Secretary of State or a strategic highways company is the highway authority unless the Secretary of State or the strategic highways company consents.