Paragraph 1

The Residuary Body shall be treated as a local authority or, as the case may be, a principal council, for the purposes of the following provisions of the 1972 Act—

(a)

section 111 (subsidiary powers);

(b)

section 112 to 115 and 117 to 119 (staff);

(c)

section 128(2) (protection of purchasers);

(d)

section 223 (appearance in legal proceedings); and

(e)

section 224, 225 and 229 to 233 (documents).