60(1)Section 42 of the 1979 Act (restrictions on use of metal detectors) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) for " Secretary of State " there shall be substituted " Commission (in the case of a place situated in England) or of the Secretary of State (in any other case) ".
(3)In subsection (2), in paragraph (a) of the definition of "protected place ", after " Secretary of State " there shall be inserted " or the Commission ".
(4)In subsection (3) for " the written consent of the Secretary of State " there shall be substituted " written consent " , and at the end there shall be inserted—
“The reference in this subsection to written consent is to that of the Commission (where the place in question is situated in England) or of the Secretary of State (in any other case)”.
(5)In subsections (4) and (5) after " Secretary of State" there shall be inserted " or the Commission ".
(6)Nothing in this paragraph affects a consent given before the appointed day.