19U.K.The Residuary Body shall be treated as a local authority or (as the case may be) as a principal council for the purposes of the following provisions of the 1972 Act—
(a)section 111(1) and (3) (subsidiary powers);
(b)sections 112 to 115 and 117 to 119 (staff);
(c)section 128(2) (protection of purchasers);
(d)section 140, 140A and 140C (insurance of members etc.);
(e)section 146 (transfer of securities);
(f)section 223 (appearance in legal proceedings);
(g)sections 224, 225 and 229 to 233 (documents); and
(h)section 239, so far as it relates to opposing a local or personal Bill in Parliament but without the procedural requirements in subsection (2).