The Electoral Act 1997 is amended -
(a) in section 20 -
(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of "statutory auditor (within the meaning of section 2 of the Companies Act 2014)" for "public auditor", and
(ii) by the deletion of subsection (4),
and
(b) in section 86 -
(i) in subsections (1) and (4), by the substitution of "statutory auditor" for "public auditor" in each place that it occurs, and
(ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):
"(6) In this section, 'statutory auditor' has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Companies Act 2014.".