11. The following amendments shall be made in section 25 of the 1970 Act (under which orders declaring all or part of a county or county borough to be a compulsory registration area are subject to affirmative resolution and cannot take effect until at least six months after being made):
(a)renumber the section as section 25(1) and in it—
(i)for “affirmative” substitute “negative”;
(ii)for “county or county borough” (twice) substitute “local government district”;
(iii)for “six months” substitute “three months”;
(b)after section 25(1) insert:
“(2) A compulsory registration area declared under subsection (1) shall not be affected by any subsequent alteration in the boundaries of, or the subsequent abolition of, the local government district in question.”.