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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/schedule-5B/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/20",
  "legislation_title": "Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/5B/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the person who is returned at an election as the mayor for the area of a combined authority is also returned at an election held at the same time as a councillor of a constituent council, a vacancy arises in the office of councillor.\n(2) If the person who is returned at an election (“the mayoral election”) as the mayor for the area of a combined authority—\n(a) is a councillor of a constituent council, and\n(b) was returned as such a councillor at an election held at an earlier time than the mayoral election,\na vacancy arises in the office of councillor.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), a person who is elected as the mayor for the area of a combined authority may not be a candidate in an election for the return of a councillor or councillors of a constituent council.\n(4) A person who is the mayor for the area of a combined authority may be a candidate in an election for the return of a councillor or councillors of a constituent council if the election is held at the same time as an election for the return of the mayor, but sub-paragraph (1) applies if the person is a candidate in both such elections and is returned as the mayor and as a councillor.\n(5) In this paragraph, “constituent council” means—\n(a) a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the combined authority, or\n(b) a district council whose area is within the area of the combined authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5B inserted (28.1.2016 for specified purposes, 28.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), s. 25(2), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/23",
      "affecting_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/schedule/5B/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:57.702412+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."
}