Consent of Highway Authority required to do certain acts on highway

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment for the time being in force, no person other than the Highway Authority or any person authorized by it, shall construct or carry any cable, wire, pipe, drain, sewer, channel of any kind through, across, under or over any highway except with the permission in writing of the Highway Authority. (2) In giving its consent the Highway Authority may impose such conditions as it may deem to be necessary and may also impose a rent or other charge for land, forming part of the highway, occupied by or applied to the proposed work.