(1)Section 73 of the M1Road Traffic Act 1991 (appointment of parking adjudicators by joint committee of London authorities) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1) (London authorities to establish a joint committee within two months of issue of first guidance under section 63 of that Act) there shall be substituted—
“(1)The London local authorities and Transport for London (in this section referred to as the appointing authorities) shall establish a single joint committee under section 101(5) of the M2Local Government Act 1972 (the Joint Committee) before 4th September 2000 or such later date as the Secretary of State may by order specify.
(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, sections 101(5) and 102 of the M3Local Government Act 1972 shall have effect as if Transport for London were a local authority.”
(3)In subsection (2) (functions of London authorities under sections 73 and 74 to be exercised by the Joint Committee) the words and section 74 of this Act shall cease to have effect.
(4)For the words London authorities, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ appointing authorities ”.