The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Amendment of mayoral elections rules

2.—(1) The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), insert in the appropriate place in alphabetical order—

“election” or “mayoral election” means an election for the return of an elected mayor;

“European Parliamentary election” shall have the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(2);

“local government election” shall have the same meaning as in section 203(1) of the 1983 Act(3);

“referendum” means a referendum conducted under the Referendums Regulations;

“relevant election or referendum” means one or more of the following—

(a)

a Parliamentary election(4);

(b)

a European Parliamentary election;

(c)

a local government election;

(d)

another mayoral election; and

(e)

a referendum,

the poll at which is taken together with the poll at the mayoral election;

(3) In regulation 3(2), for the words “regulations 5 and 6”, substitute “regulation 6”.

(4) For regulation 5 (combination of polls), substitute—

“Combination of polls

5.   Where the poll at a mayoral election is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum(5), the Mayoral Elections Rules shall be modified so as to have effect as set out in Schedule 3.”

(5) In Schedule 1 in the Appendix of forms, in paragraph 7 of the form for the back of the Declaration of Identity, delete the words “and the envelopes marked “A” and “B””.

(6) In Schedule 2, Table 4 shall cease to have effect.

(7) For Schedule 3, substitute the schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2002/185.

(2)

1985 c. 50.

(3)

See the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2); section 203(1) was amended by paragraphs 39(1) and (4) of Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).

(4)

For the definition of “Parliamentary election”, see the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), Schedule 1.

(5)

Provisions as to the combination of polls at elections including mayoral elections are contained in section 36 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and section 15 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 2) as applied by these Regulations, and the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1298).