The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016

• Citation: S.I. 2016/800
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the area” means the area of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority ;

“the ordinary day of election”, in relation to any year, means the day which is the ordinary day of election in that year of councillors for counties in England and districts in accordance with sections 37 and 37A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 .

Section 3 Election of a mayor

(1) There is to be a mayor for the area.

(2) The first election for the return of a mayor for the area is to take place on 3rd May 2018 .

(3) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), subsequent elections for the return of a mayor for the area shall take place—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) in every fourth year thereafter on the same day as the ordinary day of election.

(4) The term of office of the mayor returned at an election for the return of a mayor for the area—

(a) begins with the fourth day after the day of the poll at the election for the return of a mayor for the area, and

(b) ends with the third day after the day of the poll at the next election for the return of a mayor for the area.

(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.