17 Appointment of authorised registrars.S
For the purpose of affording reasonable facilities for the solemnisation of civil marriages throughout Scotland, the Registrar General—
(a)shall appoint such number of district registrars as he thinks necessary; and
(b)may, in respect of any district for which he has appointed a district registrar under paragraph (a) above, appoint one or more assistant registrars,
as persons who may solemnise marriages:
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in S. 17 repealed (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 1(1), Sch. 9 (with regs. 44-46)