# The Local Authorities (Elected Mayor and Mayor’s Assistant) (England) Regulations 2002, 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 (qualification for appointment as coroner);
(b) subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) of section 18 of the 1989 Act (schemes for basic, attendance and special responsibility allowances for local authority members);
(c) paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 7 to the Environment Act 1995 (local authority members of National Park Authorities);
(d) regulation 2 of the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992 (interpretation); and
(e) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (evidence of identity of test candidates).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/975/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-elected-mayor-and-mayors-assistant-england-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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