Article 3 Election of a mayorI1

England and Wales

(1)

There is to be a mayor for the area.

(2)

The first election for the return of a mayor for the area is to take place on F13rd May 2018.

(3)

F2Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), subsequent elections for the return of a mayor for the area shall take place—

F3(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

in every fourth year thereafter on the same day as the ordinary day of election.

(4)

The term of office of the mayor returned at an election for the return of a mayor for the area—

(a)

begins with the fourth day after the day of the poll at the election for the return of a mayor for the area, and

(b)

ends with the third day after the day of the poll at the next election for the return of a mayor for the area.

F4(5)

The election for the return of a mayor for the area that otherwise would be held on the ordinary day of election in 2026 is to be held instead on the ordinary day of election in 2024; and the mayor’s term is reduced accordingly.

(6)

Subsequent elections for the return of the mayor for the area are to be held on the ordinary day of election in every fourth year after 2024.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 3(2) substituted (17.3.2017) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/432), arts. 1, 2(2)
F2: Words in art. 3(3) substituted (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 3(2)
F3: Art. 3(3)(a) omitted (17.3.2017) by virtue of The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/432), arts. 1, 2(3)
F4: Art. 3(5)(6) inserted (21.3.2024) by The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 3(3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 3 in force at 22.7.2016 in accordance with art. 1