1(1)Section 12 of the 1979 Act (travelling, subsistence and financial loss allowances) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (5) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
“(b)in relation to the inner London area—
(i)the council of the inner London borough which is or includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts, or
(ii)where the justice acts for a petty sessions area which is partly included in two or more inner London boroughs, the councils of those boroughs;”.
(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(5A)Where by virtue of subsection (5)(b)(ii) above an allowance under this section is payable jointly by two or more inner London boroughs, the manner in which it is to be borne by each of them shall be determined by agreement between them or, in default of agreement, by the Lord Chancellor.”