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Transitional provision for combined county authority mayoral elections countermanded or abandoned etc., and re-run on or after 7th May 2024
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23.—(1) This regulation applies where—
(a)the day of poll for the election of a combined county authority mayor is on 2nd May 2024,
(b)an election is ordered to be held under section 39 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (local elections void etc in England and Wales)() (“the re-run election”) as a result of the election referred to in sub-paragraph (a) having not been duly held, or having failed, or having become void, and
(c)the day of poll for the re-run election is on or after 7th May 2024.
(2) For the purposes of the re-run election—
(a)the amendments made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 are to be disregarded and the candidate eligibility requirement at paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 2 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 has effect as if for the definition of “qualifying citizen” there were substituted—
““qualifying citizen” means a person who is a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union, within the meaning given in section 79 of the Local Government Act 1972();”
when determining a candidate’s qualifications for election to and holding the office of combined county authority mayor;
(b)Form 2 (candidate’s consent to nomination) in Schedules 1 and 3 to the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 applies as if, in the paragraph on the front of that form that begins “I declare that on the day of my nomination”, for “a qualifying EU citizen, or an EU citizen with retained rights” there were substituted “or a citizen of a member State of the European Union”.
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