is given in writing, on or within one month before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers,

F4where the election is a combined authority mayoral election, is in the appropriate form in the Appendix or a form to the like effect and includes a copy of paragraph 9 F1and 9A of Schedule 5B to the 2009 Act, section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 M1F2, section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 and, where the combined authority mayor is to exercise functions of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with an order made under Schedule 5C to the 2009 Act, sections 64 to 68 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 M2,

where the election is a combined county authority mayoral election, is in the appropriate form in the Appendix or a form to the like effect and includes a copy of paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2023 Act, section 34 of the Localism Act 2011, section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 and, where the combined county authority mayor is to exercise functions of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with regulations made under Schedule 3 to the 2023 Act, sections 64 to 68 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011,

is attested by one witness, and

is delivered at the place and within the time for the delivery of nomination papers.