PART 2Date of election
Amendment of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 20163
1
Article 3 of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 (election of a mayor)10 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (3), at the beginning, for “Subsequent” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), subsequent”
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3
After paragraph (4), insert—
5
The election for the return of a mayor for the area that otherwise would be held on the ordinary day of election in 2026 is to be held instead on the ordinary day of election in 2024; and the mayor’s term is reduced accordingly.
6
Subsequent elections for the return of the mayor for the area are to be held on the ordinary day of election in every fourth year after 2024.