{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1844",
  "legislation_title": "The Isles of Scilly Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Until the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1979—\n(a) the Council may include as aldermen the persons who are aldermen at the coming into operation of this order;\n(b) the number of councillors to be elected for the parish of St. Mary's shall be 12; and\n(c) section 3(1) of the Act shall have effect as if for “councillors” there were substituted “aldermen and councillors”.\n(2) The Council shall before 31st May 1979 appoint a member of the Council to be a member of the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority as from 1st June 1979 for a term of two years. The members of the Authority appointed by the Council in 1977 shall cease to serve on the said 1st June 1979.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1844/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:24:51.395560+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}