Article 5 Mayor

(1)

There is to be a mayor for the Area.

(2)

The first election for the return of a mayor is to take place on 4th May 2017.

(3)

Subsequent elections for the return of a mayor for the Area are to take place—

(a)

on the ordinary day of election in 2021, and

(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.

(5)

In this article, “the ordinary day of election”, in relation to any year, means the day which is the ordinary day of election in that year of councillors for counties and districts in England as determined in accordance with sections 37 and 37A of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1983 c. 2. Section 37 was amended by section 17 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and by section 60(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Section 37A was inserted by section 60(2) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.