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After section 10B of the M1Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 there shall be inserted the following section—
(1)The Secretary of State 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—
(a)is comprised in a town scheme ; and
(b)appears to him to be of architectural or historic interest.
(2)For the purposes of this section a building is comprised in a town scheme if—
(a)it is in an area—
(i)designated as a conservation area under section 262 of the Act of 1972 ; and
(ii)appearing to the Secretary of State to be of outstanding architectural or historic interest ; and
(b)it is included in a town scheme list or shown on a town scheme map.
(3)In subsection (2) above—
“town scheme list”, means a list, compiled, after consultation with the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland, by the Secretary of State and one or more local authorities, of buildings which are to be the subject of a repair grant agreement ; and
“town scheme map” means a map, prepared after such consultation by the Secretary of State and one or more local authorities, showing buildings which are to be the subject of such an agreement.
(4)In subsection (3) above—
“repair grant agreement” means an agreement between the Secretary of State and any authority who have participated in the compilation of a town scheme list or the preparation of a town scheme map under which the Secretary of State and the authority or authorities who have so participated have agreed 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 included in the town scheme list or shown on the town scheme map.
(5)A grant under this section may be made subject to conditions imposed by the Secretary of State for such purposes as he may think fit.
(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, before making any grant under this section the Secretary of State may consult with the Council, both as to the making of the grant and as to the conditions subject to which it should be made.
(7)Subsection (6) above shall not apply where the making of a grant appears to the Secretary of State to be a matter of immediate urgency.
(8)The Secretary of State may pay any grant under this section to an authority participating in a town scheme and may make arrangements with any such authority for the way in which the scheme is to be administered.
(9)Arrangements under subsection (8) above may include such arrangements for the offer and payment of grants under this section as may be agreed between the Secretary of State and any authority or authorities participating in a town scheme.
(10)Section 2 of the Local Authorities (Historic Buildings) Act 1962 (recovery of grants made by local authorities on disposal of property within three years) shall apply to a grant made by the Secretary of State under this section as it applies to a grant for the repair of property made by a local authority under that Act ; and any reference to a local authority in that section shall accordingly be construed, in relation to a grant under this section, as a reference to the Secretary of State.
(11)In this section “local authority” means a regional, islands or district council.”.
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