6(1)Section 9 (parish meetings and councils) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)Subsections (2), (3) and (5) are omitted.
(3)In subsection (4), for “or Part II of the Local Government Act 1992” there is substituted “ Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 or section 14 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997, ”.
(4)In subsection (6)—
(a)for “this section” (in the first place it appears) there is substituted “ section 16 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 ”, and
(b)for “this section” (in the second place it appears) there is substituted “ section 16 of the Act of 1997 ”.