notwithstanding the changes of administrative areas and local authorities effected by or under this Act and, in the case of an instrument made under any enactment, notwithstanding the repeal of that enactment, continue to apply on and after 16th May 1975 to, but only to, the area, things or persons to which or to whom it applies before that date;

have effect subject to any necessary modifications and to the modifications made by subsection (3) below;

this Act, other than Part I of Schedule 27;

any Act passed after this Act and before 16th May 1975; and

any order made under section 215 of this Act or the following provisions of this section.

extend the provision throughout the new local government area in which it is continued in force;

provide that that provision as so continued, amended, modified or extended shall have effect in that area to the exclusion of any enactment for corresponding purposes, including any enactment contained in or applied by this Act;

make such modifications of any such enactment in its application to that area as will secure that the enactment will operate harmoniously with the said provision in that area;

repeal or revoke any local statutory provision to which this section applies and which appears to the Secretary of State or that Minister to have become spent, obsolete or unnecessary or to have been substantially superseded by any enactment or instrument which applies or may be applied to the area, persons or things to which or to whom that provision applies;

transfer to any authority appearing to the Secretary of State or that Minister to be appropriate any functions of an existing local authority under a local statutory provision to which this section applies which are not to become functions of some other authority under any provisions of this Act except section 215 of this Act and this section, or under any other instrument made under this Act, being functions exercisable by any existing local authority abolished by this Act;

with prejudice to paragraph (e) above, make such modifications of any local statutory provision to which this section applies in its application to any new local government area as appear to the Secretary of State or that Minister to be expedient.

the Secretary of State or any appropriate Minister may by order exempt any such provision from the foregoing provision of this subsection;

the Secretary of State may from time to time by order postpone the date on which all local statutory provisions applying to the whole or part of any local government area, so far as they so apply, are to cease to have effect under this subsection.

a provision of a local Act, the Bill for which was promoted by a local authority;

a provision of an Act confirming a provisional order made on the application of a local authority;

a provision of an order made on such an application which was subject to special parliamentary procedure;

a council of a county, county of city, burgh or district;

any body which immediately after the coming into force of the enactment which constituted the body exercised functions which immediately before 16th May 1975, were exercised by one of the councils referred to in paragraph (a) above;