# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 12

Status: prospective

In section 324 (rights of entry)—
(a) in subsection (1B), as inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Infrastructure Act 2015—
(i) in the opening words, for “Mayor of London” substitute “relevant mayor”;
(ii) in paragraph (a), for “Mayor of London” substitute “relevant mayor”;
(iii) in paragraph (a), for “for the Mayor” substitute “the mayor”;
(iv) in paragraph (b) for “Mayor of London” substitute “the relevant mayor”;
(b) after subsection (1B), as inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Infrastructure Act 2015, insert—
“(1BZA) For the purposes of subsection (1B), the “relevant mayor”—
(a) where the proposal is for a Mayoral development order to be made by the Mayor of London, the Mayor of London,
(b) where the proposal is for a Mayoral development order to be made by the mayor of a mayoral combined authority, that mayor, or
(c) where the proposal is for a Mayoral development order to be made by the mayor of a mayoral combined county authority, that mayor.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/16/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-12
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