Lords by the Lord Chancellor in January 1997, as a consolidation bill, to simplify and replace earlier legislation. It had its second reading soon afterwards. As a consolidation bill it was not subject to debate in the Commons at the second and third readings. Lieutenancy areas In England the lieutenancy areas are defined in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended. In Scotland the lieutenancy areas as defined by statutory instrument. The current such one being the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83) In Wales the lieutenancy areas are defined as the "preserved counties" — currently defined as combinations of local government areas by the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003, Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 974 (W.133). See also Ceremonial counties of England Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Preserved counties of Wales Lieutenancy areas of Northern Ireland References External links Lord Lieutenancies United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1997 Local government legislation in England and Wales