98.—(1) Schedule 1, paragraph 14 (financing the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a).
(3) For sub-paragraph (b) substitute —
“(b)met by the Welsh Ministers in pursuance of section 5(3) or 20(12); or
(c)met by the National Assembly for Wales Commission under Schedule 2 paragraph 6 to the Government of Wales Act 2006. ”.
(4) Until the end of the initial period, paragraph 14(1)(b) has effect as if it included a reference to expenditure of the Commission met by the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 in pursuance of paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (as modified by paragraph 18 of Schedule 11 to that Act).