5.—(1) Section 16 (consultation with the Audit Commission)(1) is amended as follows:
(2) In subsections (1) and (3) for “Local Government Commission” substitute “Electoral Commission, the Boundary Committee for England or the Secretary of State”.
(3) In subsection (1), omit the words “it with”.
Section 16 was amended by Schedule 3 to the Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18).