In this Order—

• “the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 19832;

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

• “the Elections Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 20013;

• “the Combined Authority 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 20124 or the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 20125;

• “candidate” means a candidate to be a combined 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)6 of the 2009 Act;

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

• “combined authority returning officer” means—

  1. a

     the person appointed under article 6; or

  2. b

     any person appointed under subsection section 35(4) of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a);

• “constituent council” in relation to the area of a combined authority, means—

  1. a

     a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the combined authority; or

  2. b

     a district council whose area is within the area of the combined authority7;

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

• “European Parliamentary election” has the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Representation of the People Act 19858;

• “local government election” has the same meaning as in section 203(1)9 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 200010;

• “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 201111;

• “proper officer” has the meaning given by section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 197212;

• “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 198313;

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

  1. a

     a Parliamentary election,

  2. b

     a European Parliamentary election,

  3. c

     a local government election,

  4. d

     a local government mayoral election,

  5. e

     another combined authority mayoral election,

  6. f

     a referendum,

  7. g

     a police and crime commissioner election,

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

• “returning officer”, in relation to a combined authority mayoral election, means—

  1. a

     the person appointed in accordance with article 5, or

  2. b

     any person appointed under section 35(4)14 of the 1983 Act by a person of a description mentioned in paragraph (a).