5. The combined authority in which the office of mayor exists must give public notice of a vacancy and must take steps to give public notice in accordance with section 232 (public notices) of the Local Government Act 1972(1) as follows—
(a)in a case where the combined authority declares the office to be vacant, immediately after the declaration;
(b)in any other case, as soon as practicable after the date on which, by virtue of article 4, the vacancy is treated as occurring.
Section 232 was amended by section 119 of and Schedule 6 to the 2009 Act.