Freemen and aldermen
22(1)Nothing in this Act shall be taken to affect any person’s status as a freeman or honorary freeman, or the right of any person to be admitted as a freeman of any place.
(2)Services rendered to an old authority, the area of which becomes wholly or partly included in a new principal area, shall be treated for the purposes of section 249 of the 1972 Act (honorary aldermen and freemen) as services rendered to the council of the new principal area.