The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/926
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Section 2 Amendment of the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

(1) Schedule 1 (The Mayoral Elections Rules) and Schedule 3 (Mayoral Election (Combination of Polls) Rules) to the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.

(2) After rule 18(4) in each Schedule, insert—

(4A) If a candidate who is the subject of an authorisation by two or more parties under rule 7(3) so requests, the ballot paper must contain, against the candidate’s particulars, the registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the registered emblems) of one of those parties.

(3) In rule 18(5) in each Schedule, after the words “under paragraph (4)” insert “or (4A)”.