76(1)Section 17 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996 (appointment of persons not employed by police authorities) shall be amended as follows.
(2)At the beginning there shall be inserted “(1)”.
(3)After the subsection (1) so formed, there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2)This section shall apply to the Metropolitan Police Authority as it applies to a police authority established under section 3.”