Part 2Registration services
Reorganisation of local registration services
37Registration districts and authorities
1
The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).
2
For section 5 (registration districts and authorities) there is substituted—
5Registration districts and local registration authorities
1
For the purposes of this Act, the area of each local authority shall be a registration district.
2
There shall be a local registration authority for each registration district.
3
The local registration authority for a registration district shall be the local authority whose area comprises that district.
3
Section 6 (alteration of registration districts) is repealed.
4
In section 7 (senior and district registrars and other staff)—
a
in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “
their registration district
”
;
b
in subsection (1)(a), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “
their registration district
”
;
c
in subsection (1)(c), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “
their registration district
”
;
d
in subsection (8), for “any”, where first occurring, there is substituted “
their
”
; and
e
in subsection (11)(a), the words “or in a scheme under the last foregoing section” and “or of any such scheme” are repealed.
5
In section 8 (registration offices)—
a
in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “
their registration district
”
; and
b
in subsection (4)—
i
for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “
their registration district
”
;
ii
for “the office” there is substituted “
those premises
”
; and
iii
for “the last foregoing subsection” there is substituted “
subsection (3) above
”
.
6
In section 9(1)
(provision of area repositories), for “area” there is substituted “
registration district
”
.