2(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), after 31st December 2000 the Secretary of State may by order—U.K.
(a)reduce the total number of members of the Millennium Commission for the time being specified in paragraph 1(1);
(b)substitute the following for paragraph 1(1)(a)—
“(a)one shall be a Minister of the Crown, and”.
(2)An order under sub-paragraph (1) shall not—
(a)reduce the total number of members of the Millennium Commission to less than three, or
(b)result in more than one third of the members being Ministers of the Crown.