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5(1)If and so long as there is an acting Mayor—E+W+S
(a)any functions exercisable by the Mayor shall be exercisable instead by the acting Mayor; and
(b)any functions exercisable by the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly shall be exercisable instead by the acting Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly;
and, for the period of the vacancy, the acting Mayor shall accordingly be treated as if he were the Mayor.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above is subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule.