6N.I.Each assistant registrar appointed under paragraph 4 and each officer and other person appointed under paragraph 5 shall exercise, in accordance with this Act[F2 or any other statutory provision (including Land Registry Rules)], such of the functions of the Registrar as may be assigned to him by the Registrar, and shall be responsible to the Registrar for the exercise of the functions so assigned.
F3[7N.I.An assistant registrar nominated by the Registrar may, in accordance with any general or specific directions given by the Registrar and notwithstanding any vacancy subsequently occurring in the office of Registrar, act as Registrar and exercise all or any of the functions of the Registrar.
8N.I.Where the Registrar is absent from the Land Registry or the office of Registrar is vacant and no person is acting as Registrar under paragraph 7 in accordance with a direction that he exercise all the functions of the Registrar, the senior assistant registrar present may act as Registrar and exercise all the functions of the Registrar.
9N.I.All acts done by an assistant registrar under paragraph 7 or 8 shall, without proof of, respectively, the directions or circumstances, have the same effect in all respects as if they had been done by the Registrar.