6(1)The [1886 c. 38.] Riot (Damages) Act 1886 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 9 (definitions) in the definition of the expression “compensation authority”—
(a)paragraph (b) (the Receiver, in relation to the metropolitan police district) shall cease to have effect; and
(b)in paragraph (c) (the police authority in relation to any other police area) the word “other” shall cease to have effect.