Elected mayor to be treated as councillor

2.  An elected mayor of a local authority is to be treated as a councillor of the local authority for the purposes of the following enactments—

(a)subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 of the Coroners Act 1988(1) (qualification for appointment as coroner);

(b)subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) of section 18 of the 1989 Act(2) (schemes for basic, attendance and special responsibility allowances for local authority members);

(c)paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 7 to the Environment Act 1995(3) (local authority members of National Park Authorities);

(d)regulation 2 of the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992(4) (interpretation); and

(e)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999(5) (evidence of identity of test candidates).

(1)

1988 c. 13. Section 2 was amended by S.I. 1996/655 and 1998/465. There are other amendments to section 2 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Section 18 was amended by section 99 of the Local Government Act 2000. There are other amendments to section 18 that are not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

S.I. 1992/618; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1215.

(5)

S.I. 1999/2864.