The term of office of every parish councillor elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2000 for the parishes of Barley-With-Wheatley Booth, Blacko, Goldshaw Booth and Roughlee Booth shall be three years.

The ordinary elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Higham-With-West Close Booth and Old Laund Booth in 2002 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 6th May 2002 who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003.

Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Barley-With-Wheatley Booth, Blacko, Foulridge, Goldshaw Booth, Higham-With-West Close Booth, Old Laund Booth and Roughlee Booth shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.

The term of office of any parish councillor to whom paragraph (3) of this article applies shall be four years; all parish councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement; and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 19867 (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 5th May 2003 in the office of a parish councillor for the parishes of Higham-With-West Close Booth and Old Laund Booth as if the reference in paragraph (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to 5th May 2003.