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The Representation of the People Act 2000U.K.

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3.—(1) The Representation of the People Act 2000 M1 has effect in relation to the conduct of a [F1CA/CCA] mayoral election with the following modifications.

[F2(1A) Section 10 (pilot schemes for local elections in England and Wales) has effect as if—

[F3(a)in subsections (2) and (7)(a), for “Representation of the People Acts” in both places where those words occur, there were substituted—

(i)“Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009” in the case of a combined authority mayoral election, and

(ii)“Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023” in the case of a combined county authority mayoral election;]

(c)in subsection (11) (definition of relevant local authority) after paragraph (a)(ii) there were inserted—

“(iii)a combined authority established by an order under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

[F4(iv)a combined county authority established by regulations made under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023”].

(1B) Section 11 (revision of procedures in light of pilot schemes) has effect as if—

(a)in subsection (2), in paragraph (a) for “local government area” there were substituted “combined authority area [F5or, as the case may be, combined county authority area]”;

(b)in subsection (5), for “local government area” there were substituted “combined authority area [F6or, as the case may be, combined county authority area]”;

(c)in subsection (6), for “Rules made under section 36 of the 1983 Act (local elections in England and Wales)” there were substituted “An order made under paragraph 12 of Schedule 5B to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (mayors for combined authority areas: further provision about elections) [F7or regulations made under paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (mayors for combined county authority areas: further provision about elections)]. ”]

(2) Schedule 4 (absent voting in Great Britain) has effect as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i)in the definition of “the appropriate rules”, at the end of paragraph (b), there were inserted—

“and

(c)in the case of a [F8CA/CCA mayoral election, the] Mayoral Elections Rules, within the meaning of the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017;”

[F9(ii)after that definition, there were inserted the following definitions—

“CA/CCA mayoral election” means a combined authority mayoral election or, as the case may be combined county authority mayoral election;

“combined authority mayoral election” means an election of a mayor for a combined authority in accordance with Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

“combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for a mayor for a combined county authority in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;]

(iii)in the definition of “local government election”, at the end there were inserted “and includes a [F10CA/CCA] mayoral election”.

(b)in paragraph 2, in sub-paragraph (6A) for “rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules”, there were substituted “ rule 40(4) or (6) of the F11... Mayoral Elections Rules ”.

(c)in paragraph 7, in sub-paragraph (10) for “rule 40(1ZC) or (1ZE) of the parliamentary elections rules”, there were substituted “ rule 40(4) or (6) of the F12... Mayoral Elections Rules ”.

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M12000 c. 2. Relevant amendments were made by the Electoral Administration Act 2006, section 38, 74 and Schedule 1.

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