20. In section 222 of the 1972 Act (power of local authorities to prosecute or defend legal proceedings)—
(a)in subsection (2), after “Common Council” insert “, a corporate joint committee”;
(b)after that subsection insert—
“(3) In the application of subsection (1) to a corporate joint committee, the reference to the corporate joint committee’s area is to be read as a reference to the area specified as the corporate joint committee’s area in regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 establishing the corporate joint committee.”