The provisions of this Part of this Act, except this section, shall come into force in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
A council shall not pass a resolution in pursuance of the foregoing subsection unless they have—
published in two consecutive weeks, in a local newspaper circulating in their area, notice of their intention to pass the resolution; and
served a copy of the notice, not later than the date on which it is first published in pursuance of the foregoing paragraph, on the council of each parish or community which would be affected by the resolution or, in the case of such a parish which has no parish council, on the chairman of the parish meeting.
If after a council has passed a resolution in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section the Act of 1847 comes into force for any part of the area of the council for which it was not in force when the council passed the resolution, the council may pass a resolution in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section in respect of that part as if that part were included in the relevant area for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section.