# Reserve Forces Act 1996, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/14/schedule/6/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-3
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