SCHEDULES

Section 121(1).

SCHEDULE 6Amendments to the Reserve Forces Act 1980 relating to the lieutenancies

1Part VI of the [1980 c. 9.] Reserve Forces Act 1980 (the lieutenancies) shall be amended as follows.

2In section 133 (deputy lieutenants)—

(a)in subsection (2), the words “to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State” and “in the Secretary of State’s opinion” shall cease to have effect;

(b)at the end of subsection (4) there shall be added the words “; but the commission may be revoked by the lord-lieutenant of the county or area.”;

(c)in subsection (5)—

(i)the words from “(at” to “rate)” shall cease to have effect;

(ii)after the words “London Gazette” there shall be inserted the words “or the Edinburgh Gazette”; and

(iii)the words from “in like manner” to the end shall cease to have effect.

3In section 135 (vice lord-lieutenants), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(1A)The commission of a vice lord-lieutenant may, with Her Majesty’s approbation, be revoked by the lord-lieutenant of the county or area.

(1B)Where the person who appointed a vice lord-lieutenant dies or otherwise ceases to be lord-lieutenant, the commission of the vice lord-lieutenant shall not be vacated until a new lord-lieutenant is appointed. ”

4In section 136 (removal of vice lord-lieutenant and deputy lieutenants), paragraph (b) (and the word “and” immediately preceding it) shall cease to have effect.

5In section 137 (statutory functions)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)after the word “lord-lieutenant” (in both places) there shall be inserted the word “, lieutenants”;

(ii)for the words from “jurisdiction” to “are” there shall be substituted the words “functions and privileges (whether provided for under any enactment or otherwise) as are for the time being exercisable by or”; and

(iii)the words from “area” (in the second place it appears) shall cease to have effect;

(b)in subsection (2), the words from “and appoint” to the end shall cease to have effect.