15(1)Schedule 12 to that Act (meetings and proceedings of local authorities) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 6A after the words “joint authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or a police authority established under section 3 of the [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964”.
(3)In paragraph 6B—
(a)after the word “that” there shall be inserted “(a)”, and
(b)for the words “members in the case of a joint authority” there shall be substituted the words “, and
(b)in the case of a police authority established under section 3 of the [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964, sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 5 shall not apply and if the chairman is absent from a meeting of such an authority another member chosen by the members of the authority present shall preside.”
(4)In paragraph 46, after the words “joint authority” there shall be inserted the words “and a police authority established under section 3 of the [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964”.