{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-lord-lieutenants-and-sheriffs-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-lord-lieutenants-and-sheriffs-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1992",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Lord-Lieutenants and Sheriffs) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-lord-lieutenants-and-sheriffs-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Lord-Lieutenants",
  "text": "In the Lieutenancies Act 1997, in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (counties in England for the purposes of the Act), the following entries shall be inserted at the appropriate place in the Table in alphabetical order—\n“\nCambridgeshire\nCambridgeshire and Peterborough\n”;\n“\nCheshire\nCheshire, Halton and Warrington\n”;\n“\nDevon\nDevon, Plymouth and Torbay\n”;\n“\nEssex\nEssex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock\n”;\n“\nKent\nKent and the Medway Towns\n”;\n“\nLancashire\nLancashire, Blackburn and Blackpool\n”;\n“\nNottinghamshire\nNottinghamshire and Nottingham\n”; and\n“\nShropshire\nShropshire and The Wrekin\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "A county of Peterborough is constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1878."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Counties of Halton and Warrington are constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1863."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Counties of Plymouth and Torbay are constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1865."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Counties of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock are constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1875."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "A county of the Medway Towns is constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1876."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Counties of Blackburn and Blackpool are constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1868."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "A county of Nottingham is constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1877."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "A county of The Wrekin is constituted on 1st April 1998 by S.I. 1996/1866."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1992/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:15.396039+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}