34. — Section 161 of the Local Government Act 2001 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting “Act, subject to the proviso that an order under subsection (1)(b) may be made before or after that day” for “Act”,

(b) in subsection (3), by substituting “Where, after the said ordinary day of retirement,” for “Where”, and

(c) by the deletion of subsection (4).