53E+WIn section 247 (transfer of armorial bearings from old to new authorities), at the end add—
“(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above also apply in relation to new principal councils in Wales and authorities which ceased to exist as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 but as if the reference to April 1, 1974 were a reference to 1st April 1996.”