“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 M1;

“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

F1“the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

“the Elections Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 M2;

“the F2... Mayoral Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 1 or Schedule 3 to this Order as the case may be;

“the Referendums Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012 M3 or the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 M4;

F1“CA/CCA returning officer” means the combined authority returning officer or, as the case may be, the combined county authority returning officer;

“candidate” means a candidate to be a combined authority mayor F3or, as the case may be, a combined county authority mayor;

“combined authority mayor”, in relation to the area of a combined authority, means the mayor for the area of the authority by virtue of an order under section 107A(1) M5 of the 2009 Act;

F4“combined authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined authority mayor;

F1“combined county authority mayor”, in relation to the area of a combined county authority, means the mayor for the area of the authority by virtue of regulations made under section 27(1) of the 2023 Act;

F1“combined county authority mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined county authority mayor;

F1“election” or “CA/CCA mayoral election” means an election for the return of a combined authority mayor or, as the case may be, a combined county authority mayor;

“electoral area” means the area for the combined authority F6or combined county authority for which the election is held;

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“local government election” has the same meaning as in section 203(1) M6 of the 1983 Act;

“local government mayoral election” means an election for the return of an elected mayor in accordance with Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000 M7;

“police and crime commissioner election” means an election of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 M8;

“proper officer” has the meaning given by section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 M9;

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

“register of local government electors” means the register maintained under section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 M10;