5.—(1) The National Heritage Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 18(2) the definition of “the Ministers” shall be omitted and for the words—
(a)“the Ministers” in sections 2(1), 7(1) and (2), 8(1), 9(4), (5) and (6), 10(1), (2) and (3) and 12(2) and paragraphs 5(2), 6 and 7(4) of Schedule 1,
(b)“either of the Ministers” in sections 4(3), 5(3), 9(1), (3) and (4) and 16(1), (2)(e) and (5),
(c)“either Minister” in section 9(2),
(d)“the Minister” in sections 9(4) and 16(4),
(e)“the Ministers or either of them” in section 14(1),
there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”.
(3) In section 16(3) and (4) for “Neither of the Ministers shall” there shall be substituted “The Secretary of State shall not”.
(4) In sections 2(1), 9(5) and 10(1) for “them”, “they”, “their” and “have” there shall be substituted, respectively, “him”, “he”, “his” and “has”.
(5) In section 16A(1) and (3) for the words “each of the Ministers” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”.