Part 13: General Schedule 2: Mayors for Combined County Authority areas: further provisions about elections Effect
Schedule 2 (paragraph 2) provides a default term of office of four years for an elected mayor, and the default dates on which elections for the return of a mayor will take place. It enables the Secretary of State to make further provision on the timing of elections, for example the date on which an election is to be held and the length of a mayor's term.
	Schedule 2 (paragraph 4) details that the voting system for an elected mayor will be by simple majority. The Schedule sets out that those entitled to vote are those that would be entitled to vote at local government elections.
	Schedule 2 (paragraph 6) provides that an elected mayor for the area of a CCA cannot also be a councillor and sets out the qualification and disqualification criteria for people to be able to stand for election or hold the office of elected mayor of the area of a CCA.
	Schedule 2 (paragraph 12) also provides that the Secretary of State, after consulting the Electoral Commission, may make provision about the conduct and the questioning of the elections for elected CCA mayors.