Part I

General Organisation of Registration Service

Local Organisation

Registration districts and local registration authorities
5
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.
S. 5 substituted (1.1.2007) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 37(2), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with art. 4)