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Duties include escorting royal visitors, leading the local magistracy as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace and advising on Honours nominations.
BBC: Claire Hensman to be new Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria
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In Weston, though the town clerk was happy to give Mr Perry and Mr Evans their civil licence, four of the town's five justices of the peace are unwilling to solemnise a civil union.
ECONOMIST: Homosexual unions
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It is necessary for new federal judges to be named only if they have left state service for a period of no less than 10 years and if they have worked for no less than 5 years as lawyers or as justices of the peace.
FORBES: Responsible Executive Power