{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-10A/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/10A/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Act has effect as if for section 63 (vacancy where acting commissioner acts for 6 months) there were substituted—\n“Vacancy where deputy mayor acts for 6 months\n63 (1) This section applies where—\n(a) the deputy mayor is appointed under section 107C of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 or section 29 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 to act for the Mayor because the Mayor is unable to act; and\n(b) the Mayor does not cease to be unable to act during the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the acting mayor was appointed.\n(2) At the end of that 6 month period—\n(a) the Mayor ceases to be the Mayor, and\n(b) accordingly, the office of Mayor becomes vacant.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 10A inserted (29.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(5), Sch. 24 (with s. 102)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/10A/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}