Paragraph 3

In 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.”