Shadow authorities
16. During the preliminary period—
(a)the transferee authority shall not be a local authority for the purposes of the 1972 Act and, in relation to that council, section 2(2) of that Act shall have effect as if the words from “and the council” to the end of that subsection were omitted; and
(b)the transferee authority shall be a shadow authority for the purposes of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1).
(1)
S.I. 1994/867, as amended by the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/590) and the Local Government Changes for England (No. 2) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1055); see in particular Part 3 of the 1994 Regulations.