Returning officers

9.—(1) In subsection (1) of section 24 of the 1983 Act(1) (returning officers: England and Wales)—

(a) after paragraph (d), there shall be inserted—

“(dd) where a council of a London borough are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive or a mayor and council manager executive, paragraph (d) shall have effect as if for the words “the mayor” there were substituted “the chairman”; and

(b) in paragraph (e), after “the mayor”, there shall be inserted “or the chairman”.”

(2) After subsection (1) of section 24 of the 1983 Act, there shall be inserted—

“(1A) In subsection (1), “executive arrangements”, “mayor and cabinet executive” and “mayor and council manager executive” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.”.

(1)

There are amendments to section 24 which are not relevant to this Order.