A heritage partnership agreement—
must be in writing;
must make provision for the parties to review its terms at intervals specified in the agreement;
must make provision for its termination and variation;
may relate to more than one listed building or part, provided that in each case a relevant local planning authority and an owner are parties to the agreement; and
may contain incidental and consequential provisions.
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—
about any consultation that must take place before heritage partnership agreements are made or varied;
about the publicity that must be given to heritage partnership agreements before or after they are made or varied;
specifying terms that must be included in heritage partnership agreements;
enabling the Secretary of State or any other person specified in the regulations to terminate by order a heritage partnership agreement or any provision of such an agreement;
about the provision that may be included in an order made under regulations under paragraph (d), including provision enabling such orders to contain supplementary, incidental, transitory, transitional or saving provision;
applying or reproducing, with or without modifications, any provision of sections 10 to 26 and 28 for the purposes of heritage partnership agreements;
providing for any of the following, as they apply for the purposes of provisions mentioned in paragraph (f), to apply with any modifications consequential on provision made under that paragraph—
sections 30 to 37;
sections 62 and 63;
Parts 3 and 4;
Schedule 3.
Regulations made under subsection (2)(a) may, in particular, include provision as to—
the circumstances in which consultation must take place;
the types of listed building in respect of which consultation must take place;
who must carry out the consultation;
who must be consulted (including provision enabling the Commission to direct who is to be consulted in particular cases); and
how the consultation must be carried out.
Listed building consent granted by a heritage partnership agreement (except so far as the agreement or regulations under subsection (2) otherwise provide) enures for the benefit of the building and of all persons for the time being interested in it.
Subject to subsection (4), a heritage partnership agreement cannot impose any obligation or liability, or confer any right, on a person who is not party to the agreement.
Section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (power to discharge or modify restrictive covenant) does not apply to a heritage partnership agreement.