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) (County of Cambridgeshire) (City of Cambridge) Order 2004;
“parking attendant” has the same meaning as in section 63A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“parking authority”—
in relation to—
a parking place provided or authorised under section 32(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or designated under section 45 of that Act, or
a vehicle that is or was stationary in such a parking place,
means the authority (Cambridgeshire County Council or Cambridge City Council) by whom the parking place was provided, authorised or designated, and
in relation to any other place, or a vehicle that is or was stationary in any other place, means Cambridgeshire County 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;
“vehicle hiring agreement” and “vehicle-hire firm” have the same meanings 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”.