(1)The Commission and one or more local authorities in England, or the Secretary of State and one or more local authorities in Wales, 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 buildings which are—
(a)included in a list compiled for the purposes of such an agreement by the parties to the agreement, or by them and other such authorities, or
(b)shown on a map prepared for those purposes by the parties, or by them and such other authorities.
(2)Before such a list is compiled or such a map is prepared by the Secretary of State and any local authorities as respects any buildings in Wales they shall consult the Historic Buildings Council for Wales.
(3)In this section “local authority” means—
(a)a county council;
[F1(aa)a county borough council;]
(b)a district council;
(c)in relation to any building situated within the Broads, the Broads Authority;
[F2(ca)in relation to any building in a National Park for which a National Park authority is the local planning authority, that authority;]
(d)a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 79(3)(aa) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 25(9) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), 66(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
F2S. 79(3)(ca) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 33(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2