5.—(1) Nothing in the order shall affect any person’s status, or the right of any person to be admitted, as a freeman of any place.
(2) Section 248 of the 1972 Act (freemen and inhabitants of pre-1974 boroughs) shall have effect in relation to a city or town the whole or part of which is situated in a county in which there area no district councils as if—
(a)the references in subsections (2) and (3) to the relevant district council were references to the relevant county council; and
(b)the reference in subsection (2) to the council of the district were a reference to the council of the county.