40In section 216(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (procedure in anticipation of planning permission, etc.) for the words “a joint planning board or the Inner London Education Authority” there shall be substituted the words “or a joint planning board”.
41In section 70 of the Local Government Act 1972 (restriction on promotion of Bills to change local government areas), for the words “Neither a” there shall be substituted the word “No”.
42In section 78(2) of that Act (electoral arrangements: supplementary), for the words from “in paragraphs” to the end there shall be substituted the words “in Schedule 11 to this Act”.
43In section 146A(1)(a) of that Act (miscellaneous powers of local authorities) for the words “local authorities” there shall be substituted the words “a local authority”.
44In section 177(2) of that Act (allowances to members of local authorities: supplementary), for “(ab)” there shall be substituted “(ac)”.
45In section 236(1) of that Act (byelaws), for the words from “a metropolitan” to “Education Authority” there shall be substituted the words “or a metropolitan county passenger transport authority”.
46In section 238 of that Act (evidence of byelaws), for the words from “a metropolitan” to “Education Authority” there shall be substituted the words “or a metropolitan county passenger transport authority”.
47In paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 13 to that Act (loans and other financial provisions), for the words from “and the Inner” to “county councils” there shall be substituted the words “and such an authority shall be treated as a county council”.
48In section 72(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (expenditure which authorities may make) for the words “paragraphs (i) and (j)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (j)” and for the words “either of those paragraphs” there shall be substituted the words “that paragraph”.
49In section 4(6) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 (certain provisions of that Act not to apply to programmes broadcast by local authorities etc.) for the words from “the Common Council” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and the Common Council of the City of London”.
50In section 35(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (returning officers for local elections), for “3A” there shall be substituted “3”.
51In section 40(2) of that Act (timing as to local elections), for the words “the Local Government Act 1972 and Part III of the Local Government Act 1985” there shall be substituted the words “and the Local Government Act 1972”.
52In section 1(1) of the Health Service Joint Consultative Committees (Access to Information) Act 1986 (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority” for the words from “the Common Council” to the end there shall be substituted the words “or the Common Council of the City of London”.
53(1)Section 7 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (persons discharged from hospital) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(c) for the words “or authority” there shall be substituted the words “of that local authority”.
(3)In subsection (9) the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of “the appropriate officer or authority”—
““the appropriate officer” of a local authority is such officer discharging functions of that authority in their capacity as a local education authority, or in Scotland an education authority, as may be appointed by the authority for the purposes of this section;”.