8(1)Section 23 (the Commissions for Local Administration) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)omit paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it;
(b)for “each of the Commissions” substitute “ the Commission ”.
(3)In subsection (2), for “each of the Commissions” substitute “ the Commission ”.
(4)In subsection (3), for “one of the Commissions” substitute “ the Commission ”.
(5)Omit subsection (3A).
(6)In subsection (7), omit the words from “and, in the event” to the end.
(7)In subsection (8), omit the words from “; and where the” to “similar way in Wales”.
(8)In subsection (10)—
(a)for “Each of the Commissions” substitute “ The Commission ”;
(b)in paragraph (a), omit the words from “including” to “that other Commission”.
(9)In subsection (11)—
(a)for the words from “his Commission” to “submit it to the other Commission”, substitute “ the Commission ”;
(b)omit “to the appropriate Commission”.
(10)In subsection (12)—
(a)for “the Commissions” substitute “ the Commission ”;
(b)omit “or the National Assembly for Wales”.
(11)In subsection (12A), for “Each of the Commissions” substitute “ The Commission ”.
(12)In subsection (12B), in paragraph (a) omit the words “in England or, as the case may be, authorities in Wales”.
(13)In subsection (13), for “the Commissions” substitute “ the Commission ”.