16(1)Section 18 (discharge of functions by area committees) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.
(3)In subsection (3) in the definition of “area committee” for the words from “means—” to “in Wales,” substitute “means”.
(4)Omit subsections (4) and (5).
(5)In subsection (6) omit “in Wales”.