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F1Words in S. 17 repealed (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 1(1), Sch. 9 (with regs. 44-46)