17In section 5 of the [1925 c. 38.] Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925—
(a)in subsection (1), in the definition of " local authority "—
(i)for the words " county borough " there shall be substituted the words " London borough" ; and
(ii)for the words " other area, the council of the county " there shall be substituted the words " county or metropolitan district, the council of the county or district" ; and
(b)in subsection (3) for the words after " defrayed " there shall be substituted the words " , in the case of the council of a county, out of the county fund, and in the case of the council of a metropolitan district or London borough, out of the general rate fund. "
18In section 50(2) of the [1981 c. 22.] Animal Health Act 1981 for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
“(b)as respects a non-metropolitan county, the county council,
(c)as respects a metropolitan district, the district council,”.