{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-commencement-no-1-and-saving-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/656",
  "legislation_title": "The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-commencement-no-1-and-saving-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Saving for ongoing mayoral elections",
  "text": "The amendments made by the provisions listed in regulation 2 do not apply for the purposes of—\n(a) an election for the return of a combined authority mayor in accordance with Schedule 5B to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, or\n(b) an election for the return of a combined county authority mayor in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023,\nin respect of which the notice of election is published before 18th June 2026.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c. 20. Schedule 5B was inserted by section 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), and was amended by section 2(2) of the Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 (c. 17), by section 13(12) to (15) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to, the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) and by S.l. 2016/997, 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2023 c. 55."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/656/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:42.490563+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."
}