{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-58",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/58",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "CA/CCA returning officer’s direction to count second preference votes",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies if there are more than two candidates to be the mayor of a combined authority or combined county authority.\n(2) If none of the candidates receive more than half of all first preference votes given in the election, the CA/CCA returning officer must direct each returning officer to count the number of second preference votes for each of the candidates remaining in the contest.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 rule 58 inserted (18.6.2026) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/652), arts. 1(1)(c), 5(10) (with art. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/67/schedule/3/paragraph/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:02.009858+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}