148.—(1) Part 2 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (contracting out) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 74(4) (powers of certain office-holders), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)the registrar of companies for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;”.
(3) In section 79(1) (interpretation of Part 2), in the definition of “office-holder”, for paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)the registrar of companies for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; and”.
(4) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 (amendments to facilitate contracting out: filing of documents under Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881(1) and Limited Partnerships Act 1907(2))—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) for “the registrar of companies” substitute “the registrar”;
(b)for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) In this paragraph “the registrar” has the same meaning as in the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 or the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (as the case may be).”.