(1)The 2002 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 13(3) (instruments subject to annulment) paragraph (b) and the preceding “or” are repealed.
(3)In Schedule 1 (electoral regions in England)—
(a)for paragraph 1 (and the preceding heading) there is substituted—
“1The electoral regions in England are listed in column (1) of the Table below and comprise the areas specified in column (2) of the Table).”;
(b)in paragraph 2 (changes to areas specified in column (2) of the Table) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “in” to “area” (in the first place it appears) there is substituted “to an area specified in column (2) of the Table”; and
(c)paragraphs 3 and 4 (with the preceding heading), and column (3) of the Table, are repealed.