PART IIInterim Composition of Greater London Council and Metropolitan County Councils
2Suspension of elections and extension of terms of office.
1
No ordinary elections of councillors of the Greater London Council or for a metropolitan county shall be held after the coming into force of this Part of this Act; and any such councillor—
a
whose term of office would, apart from this section, expire on 7th May 1985; or
b
who is elected to fill a vacancy occurring after that date,
shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until 1st April 1986.
2
In section 7(2) of the principal Act (elections of metropolitan district councillors) the reference to a year of election of county councillors shall be construed as a reference to a year of election of councillors for a non-metropolitan county.
3
In sections 89(3) of the principal Act (filling of casual vacancies) as they apply to the Greater London Council and a metropolitan county council references to the date on which a councillor or person would regularly have retired shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) above; and in the said section 89(3) the words after the semi-colon shall not apply in relation to those councils.
4
Section 8(2)(a) and 90 of the principal Act and paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act are hereby repealed.