4.—(1) A new non-metropolitan district council, to be known as East Suffolk Council, is constituted as the non-metropolitan district council for East Suffolk.
(2) Except for the purposes of Part 4 of this Order (electoral matters) until 1st April 2019—
(a)East Suffolk Council is not a local authority for the purposes of the 1972 Act or for any other enactment relating to local government;
(b)subsection (2) of section 2 of the 1972 Act (constitution of principal councils in England) has effect in relation to that council as if the words from “and the council” to the end of that subsection were omitted.