Article 14 Returning officers

After article 4A of the 1995 Order^f1 (returning officer for a parliamentary election), there shall be inserted—

“4B

(1)

Where a London borough council are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive or a mayor and council manager executive, article 4 shall have effect as if for the expression “mayor of a London borough” there were substituted “chairman of a London borough”.

(2)

In this article, “executive arrangements”, “mayor and cabinet executive” and “mayor and council manager executive” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.”.

In Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order (returning officers for certain borough constituencies in Greater London), in the right-hand column, in the heading after “mayor”, there shall be inserted “or chairman”.