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'.—(1) Section 23 of the Local Government Act 1974 (constitution and functions of Commissions for Local Administration) shall have effect with the amendments specified in subsections (2) to (4) below.
(2) In subsection (1), at the end, there shall be added the words "but each of the Commissions may include persons appointed to act as advisers, not exceeding the number appointed to conduct investigations.
(3) In subsection (3). after the words "Parliamentary Commissioner" there shall be inserted the words "or an advisory member".
(4) In subsections (4), (5) and (6) the word "Local" shall be omitted.
(5) In Schedule 4 to the said Act, in paragraph 3 (remuneration), at the end there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—[Mrs. Virginia Bottomley.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.