4.—(1) The Education Act 1986 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (payment of grant)—
(a)subsection (1A) shall be omitted; and
(b)in subsections (2) and (3) the words “, the Minister for the Civil Service or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”, wherever occurring, shall be omitted.
(3) In section 5 (expenses) the words “, the Minister for the Civil Service or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster”shall be omitted.