Local Government Act 1972

Term of office and retirement of councillorsE+W

6(1)F1. . . London borough councillors shall be elected by the local government electors for F1. . . the borough, F1. . ., in accordance with this Act and Part I of the [F2Representation of the People Act 1983].E+W

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)The ordinary election of London borough councillors shall take place in 1974 and [F4every fourth year] thereafter, their term of office shall be [F4four years] and they shall retire together in every [F4such fourth year] on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of such councillors, and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

F5(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .