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SCHEDULE 1U.K.The F1... Mayoral Elections Rules

PART 3U.K.Stages common to contested and uncontested elections

Consent to nominationU.K.

9.—(1) A person shall not be validly nominated unless his or her consent to nomination—

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

(b)[F2where 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 [F3and 9A] of Schedule 5B to the 2009 Act, section 34 of the Localism Act 2011 M1 [F4, 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,

[F5(ba)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,]

(c)is attested by one witness, and

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