# The Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Freemen


(1) Nothing in the order shall affect any person’s status, or the right of any person to be admitted, as a freeman of any place.
(2) Section 248 of the 1972 Act (freemen and inhabitants of pre-1974 boroughs) shall have effect in relation to a city or town the whole or part of which is situated in a county in which there area no district councils as if—
(a) the references in subsections (2) and (3) to the relevant district council were references to the relevant county council; and
(b) the reference in subsection (2) to the council of the district were a reference to the council of the county.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/330/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-miscellaneous-provision-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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