29.— Section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983 is amended by—

(a) the deletion of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) (inserted by subsection (3) of section 12 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997), and

(b) the deletion of subsection (1B) (inserted by the said subsection (3)).