Article 9 Transitional arrangements for elections to new local authorities

For the purpose of the election of councillors to a new local authority on 6th April 1995 and of any election to fill a casual vacancy in the membership of a new local authority taking place between that date and 1st April 1996, any reference in the Appendix of Forms to the 1986 Rules (and in Schedule 3 to the 1986 Rules) to the area of a region or a district or to the council or councillors of a region or a district (however expressed) shall be construed as a reference to the area of a new local authority or to the council or councillors of a new local authority, as the case may be.