Article 3 Abolition of the borough councils, and transfer of their functions to the Island council

On the reorganisation date—

(a)

the Medina council and the South Wight council shall be abolished;

(b)

any person in office as a borough councillor shall cease to hold that office;

(c)

the old Medina wards and the old South Wight wards shall cease to exist;

(d)

all functions of each abolished council other than functions under Chapter II of Part II of the 1990 Act^f1 shall be transferred to the Island council; and

(e)

the Island council shall be the sole principal council for the Island^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: In relation to town and country planning, provision is made in Part III of this Order.
f2: The term “principal council” is defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972 c. 70.