Savings3.

(1)

Section 7(6) of the 1972 Act (elections of councillors)4, and orders5 treated as made under section 17 of the 1992 Act (implementation of recommendations by order)6 by virtue of section 7(6), shall continue to have effect as though section 17 of the 1992 Act, and section 26 (orders etc. under Part 2) of that Act in so far as it applies in relation to section 17, were not amended by, respectively, paragraphs 6 and 10 of Schedule 1 to the Act, nor repealed (in part) by Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act.

(2)

The amendments to, and repeals (in part) of sections 17 and 26 of the 1992 Act mentioned in paragraph (1) of this article shall not affect the continuing operation of—

(a)

orders made by the Secretary of State for the purpose of giving effect (with or without modifications) to recommendations made by the Electoral Commission to the Secretary of State for structural or boundary changes7; and

(b)

orders making incidental, consequential, supplementary or transitional provision for the purposes or in consequence of orders of the description mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)8.

(3)

A county council which, by the operation of section 18(1)(a) of the 1992 Act (consequences of structural changes etc.)9, is a billing authority for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 199210, shall continue to enjoy that status and section 18 of the 1992 Act shall continue to apply in relation to that council as though it were not repealed by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act.

(4)

In the Local Government and Rating Act 199711—

(a)

the references in sections 17(4) (electoral arrangements)12 and 20(2)(a) (election of parish councillors) to section 17 of the 1992 Act shall continue to have effect as though section 17 of the 1992 Act were not amended nor repealed (in part) as described in paragraph (1) of this article;

(b)

the definition of “structural change” in section 20(3) and the use of that expression in section 20(2) shall continue to have effect as though section 14 of the 1992 Act (changes that may be recommended)13 were not amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act nor repealed (in part) by Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act;

(c)

the reference in section 23(9) (orders and regulations under Part 2) to section 20 of the 1992 Act shall continue to have effect as though section 20 were not repealed by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act; and

(d)

the amendments to and repeal (in part) of section 17 and the repeal of section 20 of the 1992 Act mentioned in this paragraph shall not affect the continuing operation of orders made under sections 14 (implementation by the Secretary of State), 16 (establishment of new parish councils), or 17 (electoral arrangements) of the Local Government and Rating Act 199714.

(5)

Nothing in this Order shall affect the continuing operation of regulations of general application made under section 19 of the 1992 Act (regulations for supplementing orders)15 or section 15 of the 1997 Act (regulations for supplementing orders under section 14)16.

(6)

Nothing in this Order shall affect the continuing validity of agreements made under section 20(1) of the 1992 Act (agreements as to incidental matters) between public bodies affected by orders under Part 2 of the 1992 Act, and section 20 of the 1992 Act shall continue to apply in relation to such agreements as though it were not repealed by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act.

(7)

Nothing in this Order shall affect the continuing operation of Schedule 1 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (assembly constituencies and orders under section 2(4))17, and in particular, references in paragraph 1 of that Schedule to sections 13, 14, or 15 of the 1992 Act shall continue to have effect as though those sections were not amended by, respectively, paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 nor repealed (in part) by Part 1 of Schedule 18 to the Act.