Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37)

General organisation of registration service E+W

[F1 8 Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars. E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of the local scheme, a council which employs a superintendent registrar or a registrar of births and deaths may appoint one or more fit persons to act as his deputy.

(2) Any person appointed as a deputy under subsection (1) shall have all the powers and duties of a superintendent registrar or a registrar of births and deaths, as the case may be.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 8 substituted (1.12.2007) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), ss. 71, 74(1); S.I. 2007/3388, art. 2(i)