(1)The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).
(2)For section 5 (registration districts and authorities) there is substituted—
(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(3)Section 6 (alteration of registration districts) is repealed.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(e)in subsection (11)(a), the words “or in a scheme under the last foregoing section” and “or of any such scheme” are repealed.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 ”.