27(1)In section 2(5) of the 1979 Act (conditions attached to scheduled monument consent) for " the Secretary of State or a person authorised by the Secretary of State " there shall be substituted—
“(a)a person authorised by the Commission (in a case where the monument in question is situated in England), or
(b)the Secretary of State or a person authorised by the Secretary of State (in any other case)”.
(2)This paragraph does not apply to a consent granted before the appointed day.