# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Article 13: Combination of polls

Extent: E+W

(1) In this article, “relevant election or referendum” means one or more of the following elections or referendums—
(a) a parliamentary election,
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) a local government election in England or Wales,
(d) an election in England for the return of an elected mayor as defined by section 9H(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 ,
(e) an election in Wales for the return of an elected mayor as defined by section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000,
(ea) an election in England for the return of a mayor as provided for in an order made under section 107A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 or in regulations made under section 27 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023,
(f) a local referendum.
(2) Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 contain provision for polls at a PCC election to be taken together with polls at one or more relevant elections or referendums.
(3) Where the poll at a PCC election is taken together with the poll at one or more relevant elections or referendums, the PCC elections rules have effect with the modifications set out in Part 3 of Schedule 4.
(4) Part 4 of Schedule 4 (forms and directions) has effect for the purposes of those modified PCC elections rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/article-13
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