SCHEDULE 1The Combined Authority Mayoral Elections Rules

PART 3Stages common to contested and uncontested elections

Consent to nomination9

1

A person shall not be validly nominated unless his or her consent to nomination—

a

is given in writing, on or within one month before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers,

b

is in the appropriate form in the Appendix or a form to the like effect and includes a copy of paragraph 9 of Schedule 5B to the 2009 Act, section 34 of the Localism Act 201125 and, where the combined authority mayor is to exercise functions of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with an order made under Schedule 5C to the 2009 Act, sections 64 to 68 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 201126,

c

is attested by one witness, and

d

is delivered at the place and within the time for the delivery of nomination papers.