17.—(1) The councils of the existing communities of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (in the former district of Glyndwr) and Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (in the former district of Montgomeryshire) are to be dissolved.
(2) There is to be a council for the new community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.
(3) Any person in office immediately before the appointed day as councillor for the existing community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (in the former district of Glyndwr) or the existing community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (in the former district of Montgomeryshire) is, on and after the appointed day, to be a councillor for the new community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.
(4) As from the fourth day after the ordinary election of councillors in 2008 the number of councillors of the new community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is to be eleven.
(5) Community councillors for the new community of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant are to be elected on the day of the ordinary election of councillors in 2008. The persons elected are to come into office on the fourth day thereafter and retire on the fourth day after the ordinary election of councillors in 2012.
(6) The annual meeting for 2008 of the new community council of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is to be convened by the officer appointed by the County Council of Powys for that purpose.