39.— The Transport Act 1944 is amended—

( a) in subsection (1) of section 16, by the insertion of “and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” after “Minister for Finance”, and

( b) in subsection (2) of section 22, by—

(i) the insertion, in paragraph ( a), of “and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” after “the Minister for Finance”, and

(ii) the insertion, in paragraph ( b), of “, after consultation by him with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,” after “Minister for Finance”.