4.—(1) Section 73 shall be modified as follows.
(2) For subsections (1) to (3) there shall be substituted–
“(1) The functions conferred on the parking authority by this section shall be discharged by it through a joint committee (“the Joint Committee”) set up in pursuance of arrangements entered into by it under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972(1) with two or more other local authorities.
(2) In subsection (1) “local authorities” means authorities which are county or district councils in England or county or county borough councils in Wales in whose areas permitted parking areas or special parking areas have been designated under Schedule 3 to this Act.
(3) The parking authority shall–
(a)with the consent of the Lord Chancellor appoint persons to act as parking adjudicators for the purposes of this Act in relation to the parking area;
(b)provide or secure the provision of accommodation and administrative staff for parking adjudicators so appointed; and
(c)determine the places at which such parking adjudicators are to sit.”
(4) In subsection (5) for the words “the London authorities” there shall be substituted “the parking authority”.
(5) Subsections (8) to (10) shall be omitted.