1The provisions of section 20 of the 1972 Act in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall continue to have effect in relation to the administration of local government in Wales before 1st April 1996.
2Any privileges or rights belonging immediately before 1st April 1996 to the inhabitants of any area in Wales by virtue of—
(a)section 246(1) of the 1972 Act (saving for privileges and rights of citizens and burgesses); or
(b)any provision made under subsection (2)(b) of that section by a charter granted under section 245 of the 1972 Act (grant of borough status);
shall belong on and after that date to the inhabitants of that area.
3Any person who, immediately before 1st April 1996, is an honorary alderman by reference to his past membership of an old authority—
(a)shall continue to have that status even though the old authority has ceased to exist as a result of this Act; but
(b)shall not, while serving as a councillor of any new principal council in Wales, be entitled to be addressed as alderman or to attend or take part in any civic ceremonies of that council as an alderman.
4Subject to any provision made under section 54 which amends or modifies the [1948 c. 47.] Agricultural Wages Act 1948, “county” shall, in relation to Wales, have the same meaning for the purposes of that Act as it had for those purposes immediately before the passing of this Act.
5(1)The area of any district in Wales which, immediately before 1st April 1996, was a designated district for the purposes of the [1978 c. 50.] Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 by virtue of an order under section 1(1) of that Act shall, subject to any further provision made by or under that Act, continue to be a designated district for those purposes.
(2)The designated district authority in relation to any such designated district which comprises or falls wholly within a new principal area shall be the council of that area.
(3)Where any such designated district falls partly within the areas of two or more new principal councils, each of those councils shall be the designated district authority in relation to the part of the designated district that falls within their area.
6Where this Act, or any provision made under this Act, amends (whether by substituting a new definition for an existing definition or otherwise) any reference to any kind of local government area or any kind of local authority (in an enactment which has effect in England), the amendment shall not be taken to affect the operation of any provision of, or made under, the [1992 c. 19.] Local Government Act 1992 in relation to the enactment so amended.