7. Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act is to be read as if, in paragraph 23(2)(1) (annual meetings of community councils), after “take office,” there were inserted “in 2020, the annual meeting is to be held on such day in 2020 as the proper officer of the council may determine,”.
Paragraph 23(2) was amended by article 4 of the Elections Act 2001 (Supplemental Provisions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1630).