{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-30/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/30/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Elections for mayors of combined authorities",
  "text": "In paragraph 4—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “which may be given for a candidate to be the mayor” substitute “(a “mayoral vote”)”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2), after “system” insert “unless there are three or more candidates”;\n(c) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—\n“(3) If there are three or more candidates to be the mayor—\n(a) the elected mayor is to be returned under the supplementary vote system in accordance with paragraph 5, and\n(b) a voter’s mayoral vote is accordingly a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter’s first and second preference from among the candidates.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 30 para. 13 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 30 para. 13 in force at 18.6.2026 by S.I. 2026/656, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/30/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+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."
}