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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 No. 67
3.—(1) The Representation of the People Act 2000(1) has effect in relation to the conduct of a combined authority mayoral election with the following modifications.
(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 combined authority mayoral election, the Combined Authority Mayoral Elections Rules, within the meaning of the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017;”
(ii)after that definition, there were inserted the following definition—
““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;”
(iii)in the definition of “local government election”, at the end there were inserted “and includes a combined authority 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 Combined Authority 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 Combined Authority Mayoral Elections Rules”.
2000 c. 2. Relevant amendments were made by the Electoral Administration Act 2006, section 38, 74 and Schedule 1.
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