The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In this Order—

“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 M1 ;

“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

[F1 “the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;]

“the Elections Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 M2 ;

“the F2 ... Mayoral Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 1 or Schedule 3 to this Order as the case may be;

“the Referendums Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012 M3 or the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 M4 ;

[F1 “CA/CCA returning officer” means the combined authority returning officer or, as the case may be, the combined county authority returning officer;]

“candidate” means a candidate to be a combined authority mayor [F3 or, as the case may be, a combined county authority mayor];

“combined authority mayor”, in relation to the area of a combined authority, means the mayor for the area of the authority by virtue of an order under section 107A(1) M5 of the 2009 Act;

[F4 “combined authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined authority mayor;]

“combined authority returning officer” means—

(a)

the person appointed under article 6; or

(b)

any person appointed under subsection section 35(4) of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a);

[F1 “combined county authority mayor”, in relation to the area of a combined county authority, means the mayor for the area of the authority by virtue of regulations made under section 27(1) of the 2023 Act;]

[F1 “combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined county authority mayor;]

[F1 “combined county authority returning officer” means—

(a)

the person appointed under article 6A, or

(b)

any person appointed under section 35(4) of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a);]

[F5 “constituent council” means—

(a)

in relation to the area of a combined authority—

(i)

a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the combined authority, or

(ii)

a district council whose area is within the area of the combined authority;

(b)

in relation to the area of a combined county authority—

(i)

a county council for an area within the combined county authority’s area, or

(ii)

a unitary district council for an area within the combined county authority’s area;]

[F1 “election” or “CA/CCA mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined authority mayor or, as the case may be, a combined county authority mayor;]

“electoral area” means the area for the combined authority [F6 or combined county authority] for which the election is held;

F7 ...

“local government election” has the same meaning as in section 203(1) M6 of the 1983 Act;

“local government mayoral election” means an election for the return of an elected mayor in accordance with Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000 M7 ;

“police and crime commissioner election” means an election of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 M8 ;

“proper officer” has the meaning given by section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 M9 ;

“referendum” means a referendum conducted under the Referendums Regulations;

“register of local government electors” means the register maintained under section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 M10 ;

“relevant election or referendum” means one or more of the following—

(a)

a Parliamentary election,

(b)

F7 ...

(c)

a local government election,

(d)

a local government mayoral election,

(e)

F8 ...

(f)

a referendum,

(g)

a police and crime commissioner election,

the poll at which is taken together with the poll at the F9 ... mayoral election;

“returning officer”, in relation to a [F10 CA/CCA] mayoral election, means—

(a)

the person appointed in accordance with article 5, or

(b)

any person appointed under section 35(4) M11 of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(a)

F2 Words in art. 2 omitted (7.2.2024) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(b)

F3 Words in art. 2 inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(c)

F4 Words in art. 2 substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(d)

F5 Words in art. 2 substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(e)

F6 Words in art. 2 inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(f)

F7 Words in art. 2 revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 1 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))

F8 Words in art. 2 omitted (7.2.2024) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(g)(i)

F9 Words in art. 2 omitted (7.2.2024) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(g)(ii)

F10 Word in art. 2 substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 3(h)

Marginal Citations

M1 1983 c. 2.

M2 S.I. 2001/341 amended by S.I. 2001/1700, 2002/1871, 2006/2910, 2013/3198, 2015/1376 and 2015/1971.

M3 S.I. 2012/323.

M4 S.I. 2012/444 amended by S.I. 2013/409, 2014/231 and 2014/925.

M5 Section 107A was inserted by the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, section 2.

M6 The definition of “local government election” in section 203(1) was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 17 and Schedule 3. See Schedule 2 for further modifications of this section.

M7 2000 c. 22. Part 1A was inserted by the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), section 21 and Schedule 2.

M8 2011 c. 13.

M9 1972 c. 70.

M10 1983 c. 2. Section 9 was substituted by the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2), section 8 and Schedule 1.

M11 Subsection (4) was amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40), section 237 and Schedule 12.