Article 2 Interpretation

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;

• “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 F3or, 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—

  1. (a)

     the person appointed under article 6; or

  2. (b)

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

• “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;

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

• “combined county authority returning officer” means—

  1. (a)

     the person appointed under article 6A, or

  2. (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—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the area of a combined authority—

     1. (i)

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

     2. (ii)

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

  2. (b)

     in relation to the area of a combined county authority—

     1. (i)

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

     2. (ii)

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

• “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 F6or 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—

  1. (a)

     a Parliamentary election,

  2. (b)

     ...

  3. (c)

     a local government election,

  4. (d)

     a local government mayoral election,

  5. (e)

     F8...

  6. (f)

     a referendum,

  7. (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 F10CA/CCA mayoral election, means—

  1. (a)

     the person appointed in accordance with article 5, or

  2. (b)

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