Amendment of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016
3.—(1) Article 3 of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 (election of a mayor)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3), at the beginning, for “Subsequent” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), subsequent”.
(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.”.
S.I. 2016/800. Article 3 was amended by S.I. 2017/432.