15In the year 1973 the annual meeting of a borough council other than the council of a London borough or a borough included in a rural district shall be held on such day in the month of March, April or May as the council may fix.
16In that year the annual meeting of the council of a parish or a borough included in a rural district which (apart from this Act) is due to be held on or within fourteen days after 20th May and, in the case of a rural district which is co-extensive with a parish, the annual meeting of the rural district council which (apart from this Act) is due to be held on or as soon as conveniently may be after that date shall instead be held on, or within 14 days after, the day on which the councillors elected at the ordinary elections of parish councillors or councillors of boroughs included in rural districts or rural district councillors in that year come into office.
17In the year 1974—
(a)it shall not be necessary for the parish meeting of an existing parish mentioned in paragraph 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act to assemble as required by paragraph 1(1) of Part VI of Schedule 3 to the 1933 Act; and
(b)the parish meeting of a parish to which part of any parish is added by paragraph 2 of the said Part IV shall be held for the enlarged parish.