The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996

Made: 13th March 1996

Coming into force: 1st April 1996

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of March 1996 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 131(1A) of the Reserve Forces Act 1980[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2

In this Order—

• (a) “new local government area” means a local government area created by section 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994[^f00002];

• (b) any reference to a county or burgh shall be construed as a reference to that county or, as the case may be, burgh, as it existed immediately before the passing of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[^f00003];

• (c) any reference to a district, islands area, region, electoral division (except the electoral division of Nigg) or district ward shall be construed as a reference to that district, islands area, region, electoral division or, as the case may be, district ward as it exists immediately before the making of this Order;

• (d) any reference to the electoral division of Nigg shall be construed as a reference to that electoral division as it existed immediately before the passing of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

• (e) any reference in column 2 of Schedule 2 to an area which is named in column 1 of Schedule 1 shall be construed in accordance with column 2 of Schedule 1 and any reference to the City of Glasgow shall be construed as a reference to the new local government area of the City of Glasgow,

and any reference in this Order to a numbered Schedule is to a Schedule bearing that number in this Order.

3

For the purposes of the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 relating to lieutenancies:—

• (a) Scotland is hereby divided into the areas named in column 1 of Schedule 1 which shall comprise the areas described in column 2 of that Schedule; and

• (b) any deputy lieutenant named in column 1 of Schedule 2 holding office immediately before the date on which this Order is made shall (without prejudice to any power of removal or directing removal from any office) continue to hold office on and after that date as deputy lieutenant of the area or city specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

N.H. Nicholls — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order divides Scotland up into areas for the purposes of the provisions of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 relating to lieutenancies. Article 3(a) and Schedule 1 create and name each of the lieutenancies in Scotland except those lieutenancies which are made up of the four city areas of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Those city areas are in any event lieutenancies by virtue of section 131(2) of the said Act of 1980. Article 3(b) and Schedule 2 make provision for certain deputy lieutenants to hold office in an area or city other than that in which they reside.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 9; section 131 was amended by paragraph 116(2) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).

[^f00002]: 1994 c. 39.

[^f00003]: 1973 c. 65.