(1)A lord-lieutenant appointed under section 130 or section 131 above shall from time to time appoint such persons as he thinks fit to be his deputy lieutenants.
(2)A person may be appointed to be a deputy lieutenant for a county in England and Wales, or for an area in Scotland, if—
(a)he has a place of residence in the county or area, or within 7 miles from the boundary of the county or area; and
(b)he is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State to have rendered either—
(i)worthy service as a member of, or in a civil capacity in connection with, Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces, or
(ii)such other service as, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, makes him suitable for appointment as a deputy lieutenant.
(3)The lord-lieutenant—
(a)shall certify to Her Majesty the name of every person whom he proposes to appoint deputy lieutenant; and
(b)shall not grant a commission as deputy lieutenant to any person until informed by the Secretary of State that Her Majesty does not disapprove of the granting of such a commission.
(4)The commission of a deputy lieutenant shall not be vacated by the lord-lieutenant who granted it ceasing to be a lord-lieutenant.
(5)The clerk of the lieutenancy shall (at the cost of the county rate, or, in Scotland, the regional or general rate) arrange for the publication in the London Gazette of the names of the persons appointed deputy lieutenants, with the dates of their commissions, in like manner as commissions of officers of Her Majesty’s land forces are published.