54In section 248 (freemen and inhabitants of pre-1974 boroughs), at the end add—
“(6)This section shall have effect in relation to Wales as if—
(a)in subsections (2) and (3) the references to the relevant district council were references to the relevant principal council; and
(b)in subsection (2) the reference to the council of the district were a reference to the council of the principal area.”