Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London.
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The rights of Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster in relation to the appointment of high sheriffs shall apply throughout the whole of the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire . . ..
The Lord Chancellor may by order prescribe the area for which each under-sheriff is to act.
An under-sheriff shall as respects the area for which he acts be treated as the high sheriff's deputy for the purpose of all the high sheriff's functions, except his functions as returning officer at parliamentary elections.
No privileges or duties of a sheriff shall be exercisable . . . by the bailiff of a franchise.
In this section "county" has the same meaning as in the Sheriffs Act 1887 and"Greater London" does not include the City or the Temples.
In subsections (1) and (5) above "county", in relation to Wales, means a preserved county.