8.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in any local statutory provision (within the meaning of section 270(1) of the Act) which remains in force after 1st April 1974 in any area—
(a)any reference to a specified officer of a specified county council which ceases to exist by virtue of section 1 or 20 of the Act shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of the council of the county in which the area is comprised;
(b)any reference to a specified officer of a specified county borough or county district which so ceases to exist shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of the council of the district in which the area is comprised; and
(c)any reference to a specified officer of a rural parish which so ceases to exist shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of the council of the parish or community in which the area is comprised.
(2) The council of the county, district, parish or community in which any area is comprised may, with the agreement of any other local authority, by resolution provide that that authority shall be substituted for such council in item (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of paragraph (1).
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any reference to any officer specified in section 112(4) of the Act.