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8.—(1) On 1st April 2019—
(a)the county of Dorset is abolished as a local government area; and
(b)the County Council is wound up and dissolved.
(2) The term of office of persons serving as councillors of the County Council immediately before 1st April 2019 ends on that date.
(3) Nothing in section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of councillors) authorises the holding of an election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of councillor of the County Council where that vacancy arises after 30th September 2018 and before 1st April 2019.
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