1. Any order or scheme made or having effect as if made under any provision of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 or section 31 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 by any authority shall, so far as it relates to any road in any area transferred by the order from the area of that authority, have effect as if it had been made by the authority empowered to make such an order or scheme for the road on and after the appointed day and if the power under which the order or scheme would have been made by that authority is one different from the power under which it was made as if it had been made under the power first mentioned.
2.—(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) shall apply in relation to—
parts of roads authorised for use as parking places under section 28 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967; and
parking places on highways designated under section 35 (parking places where charges made) of that Act.
(2) In relation to such parking places in any area transferred to a county and district in Wales the reference in paragraph 1 to the authority empowered to make such an order or scheme shall be construed—
in the case of an order made by a county council, as a reference to the council of the county to which the area is transferred;
in the case of an order made by a district council, as a reference to the council of the district to which the area is transferred.
(3) In relation to such parking places in any other area transferred to a district in Wales the said reference shall be construed, in the case of an order made by a district council, as a reference to the council of the district to which the area is transferred.
(4) In relation to such parking places in any area transferred to Greater London the said reference shall be construed as a reference to the Greater London Council.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall have effect subject to the provision of paragraph 4.