11(1)Paragraph 6 (local inquiries) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) for “The Commission” there shall be substituted “For the purposes of this Schedule the Committee”.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)for “the Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the Committee”; and
(b)for “make the recommendation” there shall be substituted “proceed with the proposed recommendation”.
(4)In sub-paragraphs (3) and (5), for “the Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the Committee”.
(5)After sub-paragraph (5) there shall be added—
“(6)Where the Committee have caused a local inquiry to be held in pursuance of this paragraph, the Committee shall take into consideration the findings of the inquiry.
(7)Where the Committee have caused a local inquiry to be held in pursuance of this paragraph and the Electoral Commission are minded to exercise in relation to the Committee’s proposed recommendations any of the powers conferred by section 3A(3)(b) or (c) of the 1986 Act (as applied by paragraph 4(3) above), the Electoral Commission shall have regard to—
(a)the findings of the inquiry; or
(b)(where, in the case of any Assembly electoral region in respect of which the inquiry was held, they are minded to exercise any of those powers in relation to part only of the region) the findings of the inquiry so far as relating to that part of the region.”