s 33 Preparation of permit schemes
(1) A permit scheme may be prepared by— (a) a strategic highways company, (b) a local highway authority in England, or (c) such a company or authority acting together with one or more other such companies or authorities. (1A) A local highway authority in Wales, or two or more such authorities acting together, may prepare and submit to the Welsh Ministers a permit scheme. (2) The Secretary of State may direct— (a) a strategic highways company, (b) a local highway authority in England, or (c) such a company or authority acting together with one or more other such companies or authorities, to prepare and give effect to a permit scheme which takes such form as the Secretary of State may direct. (2A) The Welsh Ministers may direct a local highway authority in Wales, or two or more such authorities acting together, to prepare and submit to them a permit scheme which takes such form as the Welsh Ministers may direct. (3) The appropriate national authority, in its capacity as a highway authority, may prepare a permit scheme. (4) The Secretary of State, in his capacity as the person with responsibility for the management and control of streets in the Royal Parks, may prepare a permit scheme in respect of any such streets. (5) Those preparing permit schemes— (a) must comply with permit regulations, and (b) must have regard to any guidance which may be issued by the appropriate national authority.