{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348255041",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Article 2 (interpretation)",
  "text": "In article 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the appropriate places insert—\n““the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;”;\n““CA/CCA returning officer” means the combined authority returning officer or, as the case may be, the combined county authority returning officer;”;\n““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;”\n““combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined county authority mayor;”;\n““combined county authority returning officer” means—\n(a) the person appointed under article 6A, or\n(b) any person appointed under section 35(4) of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a);”;\n““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;”;\n(b) in the definition of “Combined Authority Mayoral Election Rules” omit “Combined Authority”;\n(c) in the definition of “candidate”, after “combined authority mayor” insert “or, as the case may be, a combined county authority mayor”;\n(d) for the definition of “combined authority mayoral election” substitute—\n““combined authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined authority mayor;”;\n(e) for the definition of “constituent council” substitute—\n““constituent council” means—\n(a) in relation to the area of a combined authority—\n(i) a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the combined authority, or\n(ii) a district council whose area is within the area of the combined authority;\n(b) in relation to the area of a combined county authority—\n(i) a county council for an area within the combined county authority’s area, or\n(ii) a unitary district council for an area within the combined county authority’s area;”;\n(f) in the definition of “electoral area” after “combined authority” insert “or combined county authority”;\n(g) in the definition of “relevant election or referendum”—\n(i) omit paragraph (e),\n(ii) in the closing words, omit “combined authority”;\n(h) in the definition of “returning officer” for “combined authority” substitute “CA/CCA”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 35(4) was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348255041/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:42:04.313926+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."
}