{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-9HD",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-9HD.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/22",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000",
  "path": "section/9HD",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9HD",
  "heading": "Entitlement to vote",
  "text": "(1) The persons entitled to vote as electors at an election for the return of an elected mayor are those who on the day of the poll—\n(a) would be entitled to vote as electors at an election of councillors for an electoral area which is situated within the area of the local authority concerned, and\n(b) are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the authority's area.\n(2) A person is not entitled as an elector to cast more than one vote at an election for the return of an elected mayor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1A inserted (3.12.2011 for specified purposes, 15.1.2012 for the insertion of Pt. 1A Ch. 4 so far as not already in force and ss. 9B, 9C and 9R for specified purposes, 9.3.2012 for the insertion of ss. 9H-9HE in so far as not already in force and s. 9R for specified purposes, 4.5.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(e); S.I. 2012/57, art. 4(1)(b) (with arts. 6, 7, 9-11); S.I. 2012/628, art. 2(a); S.I. 2012/1008, art. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 9HD(2) substituted (26.10.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 13(9), 67(1); S.I. 2022/1093, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/23",
      "affecting_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/22/section/9HD",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:52.095320+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."
}