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5. In section 245 of the 1972 Act(1) (status of certain districts, parishes and communities), after subsection (4), there shall be inserted—
“(4A) Where—
(a)a council are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive or a mayor and council manager executive; and
(b)the chairman or vice-chairman of the council has previously used the style of mayor or deputy mayor by virtue of subsection (4)(b), the chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be, shall no longer use that style.”.
Section 245 was amended by section 46 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to, the Local Government Act 2000.