Regulation 2 Elected mayor to be treated as councillor

An elected mayor of a local authority is to be treated as a councillor of the local authority for the purposes of the following enactments—

(a)

subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 of the Coroners Act 1988^f1 (qualification for appointment as coroner);

(b)

subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) of section 18 of the 1989 Act^f2 (schemes for basic, attendance and special responsibility allowances for local authority members);

(c)

paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 7 to the Environment Act 1995^f3 (local authority members of National Park Authorities);

(d)

regulation 2 of the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992^f4 (interpretation); and

(e)

paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999^f5 (evidence of identity of test candidates).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1988 c. 13. Section 2 was amended by S.I. 1996/655 and 1998/465. There are other amendments to section 2 that are not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: Section 18 was amended by section 99 of the Local Government Act 2000. There are other amendments to section 18 that are not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: 1995 c. 25.
f4: S.I. 1992/618; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1215.
f5: S.I. 1999/2864.