Local Government Act, 1941

Continuity of existence.

55.—The continuity of the existence of a local authority by the title appropriate to them according to law as a corporate or unincorporated body (as the case may be) shall not be affected by the removal from office of the members of such local authority nor, where such local authority is the corporation of a county or other borough, by the vacancy in the office of lord mayor or mayor and the vacancies in the offices of aldermen occasioned by such removal.