SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments
Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
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In section 6 (term of office and retirement of district and county councillors)—
a
in subsection (2)(c), for the words from “by an order” to the end there is substituted “as mentioned in subsection (3) below”, and
b
after subsection (2) there is added—
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The number of councillors referred to in subsection (2)(c) above may be provided—
a
by an order under paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act;
b
under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below;
c
by an order under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992; or
d
by an order under section 14 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997.