13. Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by the deletion of “within 6 months of the establishment day,”,

(b) in subsection (17)—

(i) by the substitution of “on application to it” for “on application to them”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “as it considers appropriate” for “as they consider appropriate”,

(c) in subsection (19), by the substitution of “the Commission proposes” for “the Compliance Committee propose”,

(d) in subsection (20)—

(i) by the substitution of “it decides” for “they decide”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “its decision” for “their decision”, in both places in which it occurs,

(e) in subsection (21), in paragraph (q), by the substitution of “section 31 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022” for “section 3 of the Act of 1998”,

(f) in subsection (22), in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “the giving of the notification” for “issue of the notification”,

(g) in subsection (23), by the substitution of “the Commission may, on notice to the broadcaster,” for “the Compliance Committee may recommend to the Authority, and the Authority shall follow such recommendation, that the Authority”,

(h) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (25):

“(25A) The Commission may amend a scheme prepared under subsection (3) and an amended scheme shall be considered to be a scheme prepared under subsection (3).”,

and

(i) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (28):

“(29) A scheme prepared under subsection (3) before the date of coming into operation of section 13 of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 shall, if in force immediately before that date, continue in force as if made under this section as amended by that section.”.