1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Rhondda Cynon Taf (Communities) Order 2016.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on 1 December 2016.
(3) For all other purposes this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2017(1).
The Local Authority Elections (Wales) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3033 (W. 302)) amended the 1972 Act by moving the ordinary day of election of councillors by one year from 2016 to 2017.