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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayors-filling-of-vacancies-order-2017/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayors-filling-of-vacancies-order-2017/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/69",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayors) (Filling of Vacancies) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayors-filling-of-vacancies-order-2017",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Notice of a vacancy",
  "text": "The combined authority or combined county authority in which the office of mayor exists must give public notice of a vacancy and must take steps to give public notice in accordance with section 232 (public notices) of the Local Government Act 1972 as follows—\n(a) in a case where the combined authority or combined county authority declares the office to be vacant, immediately after the declaration;\n(b) in any other case, as soon as practicable after the date on which, by virtue of article 4, the vacancy is treated as occurring.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayors) Filling of Vacancies Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/132), regs. 1(1), 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 232 was amended by section 119 of and Schedule 6 to the 2009 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/69/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:15:58.765842+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."
}