Article 5 Notice of a vacancy

The combined 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^f1 as follows—

(a)

in a case where the combined authority declares the office to be vacant, immediately after the declaration;

(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.

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Footnotes

f1: Section 232 was amended by section 119 of and Schedule 6 to the 2009 Act.