7.—(1) Section 82 shall be modified as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
“(1) In this section and sections 66, 69 to 74, 78 and 79 of, and Schedule 6 to, this Act—
“immobilisation device” has the same meaning as in section 104(9) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“the Joint Committee” has the meaning given by section 73(1) of this Act;
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Stoke-on-Trent) Order 2001;
“parking attendant” has the same meaning as in section 63A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“parking authority” means the City of Stoke-on-Trent Council;
“penalty charge” means a penalty charge which is payable by virtue of paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to this Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and “vehicle hiring agreement” and “vehicle-hire firm” have the same meaning as in section 66 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(1) (hired vehicles).”
(3) In subsection (5) for the words “the London authority concerned” there shall be substituted “the parking authority”.