National Heritage Act 1983

24 (1) Section 10B of the 1972 Act (grants for repair of buildings in town schemes) shall be amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted " Subject to subsection (1A) below ".

(3) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a building situated in England, but the Commission may make grants for the purpose of defraying in whole or in part any expenditure incurred or to be incurred in the repair of a building which is so situated and which—

(a) is comprised in a town scheme ; and

(b) appears to the Commission to be of architectural or historic interest.”

(4) For subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) In subsection (2) above—

• " town scheme list" means a list, containing buildings which are to be the subject of a repair grant agreement and compiled (in the case of buildings situated in England) by the Commission and one or more English local authorities or (in the case of buildings situated in Wales) by the Secretary of State and one or more Welsh local authorities after consultation with the Historic Buildings Council for Wales;

• " town scheme map " means a map, showing buildings which are to be the subject of such an agreement and prepared (in the case of buildings situated in England) by the Commission and one or more English local authorities or (in the case of buildings situated in Wales) by the Secretary of State and one or more Welsh local authorities after such consultation.”

(5) In subsection (4) after " the Secretary of State " (in both places) there shall be inserted " (or, as the case may be, the Commission) ".

(6) In subsection (5) after " the Secretary of State " there shall be inserted " or (as the case may be) the Commission " and after " he " there shall be inserted " (or they) ".

(7) In subsection (6) for " the appropriate advisory Council" there shall be substituted " the Historic Buildings Council for Wales ".

(8) In subsection (8) after " Secretary of State " there shall be inserted " or the Commission ".

(9) In subsection (9) after " Secretary of State " there shall be inserted " (or the Commission) ".

(10) In subsection (10) after " Secretary of State " (in the first place) there shall be inserted " or the Commission " and after " Secretary of State " (in the second place) there shall be inserted " or (as the case may be) the Commission ".

(11) In subsection (11) the definition of " the appropriate advisory Council " shall be omitted.

(12) At the end there shall be inserted—

“(12) In this section ' the Commission' means the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.”