373.—(1) Section 42 is amended as follows.E+W
(2) In subsection (1)—
(a)in the opening words, for “for his approval, a new Agency” substitute “ or the Welsh Ministers for approval, a charging authority ”;
(b)in paragraph (b), at the end insert “ or, as the case may be, the Welsh Ministers ”.
(3) In subsection (2)—
(a)in the opening words—
(i)for “for his” substitute “ or the Welsh Ministers for ”;
(ii)after “he” insert “ or they ”;
(b)in paragraph (a), after “him” insert “ or them ”.
(4) In subsection (3)—
(a)in the opening words, for “new Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ charging authority ”;
(b)in the closing words, after “Secretary of State” insert “ or, as the case may be, the Welsh Ministers ”.
(5) In subsection (4)—
(a)in the opening words—
(i)after “considers” insert “ or which the Welsh Ministers consider ”;
(ii)for “new Agency's” substitute “ charging authority's ”;
(iii)after “Secretary of State”, in the second place where it occurs, insert “ or the Welsh Ministers ”;
(b)in paragraph (a)—
(i)for “new Agency's” substitute “ charging authority's ”;
(ii)after “below” insert “ or (in the case of the Natural Resources Body for Wales) under article 13 of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1903) ”;
(c)in paragraph (b), for “new Agency” substitute “ charging authority ”.
(6) In subsection (5)—
(a)after “Secretary of State” insert “ or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) ”;
(b)for “the Agency's” substitute “ an appropriate agency's ”;
(c)for “Agency” substitute “ appropriate agency ”;
(d)after “section 6(2)” insert “ or (2A) ”.
(7) In subsection (6)—
(a)after “Secretary of State”, in the first place where it occurs, insert “ or the Welsh Ministers ”;
(b)for “new Agency” substitute “ charging authority ”.
(8) In subsections (8) and (9), for “new Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ charging authority ”.
(9) In subsection (11), after “section 41 or 41A” insert “ and “charging authority” means the body that makes or proposes to make a charging scheme ”.