Amendment of the Combined Authorities (Mayors) Filling of Vacancies Order 2017
2. The Combined Authorities (Mayors) Filling of Vacancies Order 2017(1) is amended as follows—
(a)in article 2 (interpretation) in the appropriate places insert—
““the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;”;
““combined county authority” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the 2023 Act;”;
““combined county authority returning officer” has the same meaning as in article 2 of the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017(2);”;
(b)in article 3 (filling of vacancies in the office of elected mayor)—
(i)in paragraph (1), after “authority” insert “or a combined county authority”;
(ii)in paragraph (3) for “paragraph 2 of Schedule 5B to the 2009 Act” substitute— “—
(a)in the case of a mayor of a combined authority, paragraph 2 of Schedule 5B to the 2009 Act;
(b)in the case of a mayor of a combined county authority, paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2023 Act.”;
(c)in article 4 (date on which vacancy occurs), in paragraph (d)—
(i)in the opening words, after “authority” insert “or combined county authority, as the case may be”,
(ii)in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), after “authority” insert “or the combined county authority”;
(d)in article 5 (notice of a vacancy), after “authority” in both places it occurs, insert “or combined county authority”;
(e)in article 6 (filling of vacancies: by-elections)—
(i)in paragraph (1)(b), after “authority”, insert “or of the combined county authority, as the case may be”;
(ii)in paragraph (2), after “officer” insert “or the combined county authority returning officer, as appropriate,”.