After section 3 (grant of scheduled monument consent by order of the Scottish Ministers) insert—

“3AApplication for variation or discharge of conditions

(1)

Any person interested in a scheduled monument in relation to which scheduled monument consent has been granted subject to conditions may apply to Historic Environment Scotland for the variation or discharge of the conditions.

(2)

The application must indicate what variation or discharge of conditions is applied for and Part 1 of schedule 1 applies to such an application as it applies to an application for scheduled monument consent.

(3)

Historic Environment Scotland or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers may, on such an application—

(a)

vary or discharge the conditions attached to the consent (whether or not the application relates to the condition varied or discharged),

(b)

add new conditions consequential upon the variation or discharge.”.