(1)The Secretary of State and a local authority may enter an agreement (in this Act referred to as a “town scheme agreement”) that a specified sum of money shall be set aside for a specified period of years for the purpose of making grants for the repair of the buildings which are—
(a)included in a list compiled for the purposes of such an agreement by the Secretary of State and the authority, or
(b)shown on a map prepared by them for those purposes.
(2)Before such a list is compiled or such a map is prepared the Secretary of State and the local authority concerned shall consult the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland.