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Paragraph 9A Qualification and disqualificationF1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A person is disqualified for holding office as the mayor for the area of a CCA if the person is an elected member of a legislature in the United Kingdom.

(2)

If a person—

(a)

is elected as the mayor for the area of a CCA, and

(b)

is, on the first day of the mayoral term, an elected member of a legislature in the United Kingdom,

the person is not disqualified under this paragraph for holding office as the mayor at any time in the period of eight days beginning with the first day of the mayoral term.

(3)

If a person—

(a)

becomes an elected member of a legislature in the United Kingdom, and

(b)

is, when the person becomes the elected member, the mayor for the area of a CCA,

the person is not disqualified under this paragraph for holding office as the mayor at any time in the period of eight days beginning with the day on which the person becomes the elected member of the legislature.

(4)

In this paragraph—

  • “elected member of a legislature in the United Kingdom” means a member of—

    1. (a)

      the House of Commons;

    2. (b)

      the Scottish Parliament;

    3. (c)

      Senedd Cymru;

    4. (d)

      the Northern Ireland Assembly;

  • “first day of the mayoral term”, in relation to a person who is elected as the mayor for the area of a CCA, means the day that would be the first day of the person’s term as the mayor if it is assumed that the person is not disqualified under this paragraph.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 para. 9A inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 17(3), 108(5) (with s. 102)