§ Amendments made:
No. 14, in page 18, line 35, after `(2)', insert
`Subject to subsection (3) below,'.
No. 15, in page 18, line 38, leave out 'but' and insert—
'(3) In making any alteration in the number of members to be appointed to a joint authority by any of its constituent councils the Secretary of State shall have regard to the number of local government electors in the areas of those councils respectively; and'.—[Mr. Kenneth Baker.]