22.Section 5 provides for amendments to the 1974 Act arising as a consequence of sections 1 to 4. Section 5(7) provides that the Secretary of State has power by order to alter the amount of £25,000 under the new section 16B inserted in the 1974 Act by section 4 of the 2006 Act. That power is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
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