Introductory
9.—(1) In this Part—
“existing council” means a district council constituted under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9) as in force on the date on which this section comes into operation;
“new council” means a district council to be constituted under that section as amended by section 3(1) of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 7).
(2) For the purposes of this Part—
(a)“successor council”, in relation to an existing council, means the new council whose district is, in accordance with section 1 of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, to incorporate the whole or the major part of the district of the existing council; and
(b)in relation to a new council, an existing council is a “predecessor council” if the whole or the major part of the district of the existing council is, in accordance with that section, to be incorporated in the district of the new council.