30.—(1) Section 249(1)(1) of the 1972 Act (honorary titles) shall have effect in relation to a predecessor council as if, for the words from “as past members” to the end, there were substituted “as past or serving members of the council”.
(2) Where, by virtue of a section 10 order, a local government area is abolished on the reorganisation date, any person who, immediately before that date, is an honorary alderman or alderwoman of the predecessor council for that area shall, on that date become an honorary alderman or alderwoman of the successor council.
(3) In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, references in section 249(2) and (4) of the 1972 Act which, immediately before the reorganisation date, fall to be construed as references to the predecessor council shall, on and after that date, be construed as references to the successor council.
(4) A person who, before the reorganisation date, has been admitted as an honorary freeman or freewoman of a local government area that is abolished by a section 10 order (an “abolished area”) shall, on that date, be treated as having been admitted as an honorary freeman or freewoman of the area which, on the reorganisation date, comprises or includes the abolished area.
Section 249 was amended by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), section 29.