SCHEDULE 1 Amendments to the Local Government Act 1992

9.—(1) Section 26 (orders, regulations and directions under Part II) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after “the Secretary of State” insert “or the Electoral Commission”.

(3) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) Every power of the Secretary of State under this Part to make orders or regulations, and every power of the Electoral Commission to make orders or to give directions, shall include power to make different provision for different cases, including provision for different localities and for different bodies”.

(4) In subsection (6)—

(a) for the words “the Secretary of State is satisfied” substitute “the Secretary of State is or the Electoral Commission are satisfied”;

(b) for “he may” substitute “he or they may”; and

(c) for “he thinks” substitute “he thinks or they think”.