42In section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (applications for licences to drive hackney carriages etc.), after subsection (2) add—
“(3)In subsection (2), the reference to a district council shall be read in relation to Wales as including a reference to a county council or county borough council.”
43In Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (permitted and special parking areas outside London)—
(a)in paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 2(1)(a), omit “and Wales”;
(b)after paragraphs 1(1)(a) and 2(1)(a) insert, in both places—
“(aa)with respect to the whole, or any part, of their area, by a county council or county borough council in Wales;”; and
(c)omit paragraphs 1(1)(e) (except the word “or” immediately before paragraph (f)) and (2) and 2(2).