Part I

Local Government Reorganisation
Chapter 7

Miscellaneous

Registration of births, deaths and marriages.
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The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this section.
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In section 8 (registration offices)—
a
in subsection (1), after the words “registration office” there shall be inserted the words “ which may comprise principal premises and such subordinate premises as they may, with the approval of the Registrar General, consider appropriate ”; and
b
at the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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References in this Act to the registration office shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including all the premises provided and maintained by a local registration authority as parts of the registration office.
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4
In section 15 (information concerning finding of infant children)—
a
in subsections (1) and (3), for the words “director of social work” there shall be substituted “ chief social work officer ”; and
b
subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.
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In section 56(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “function” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
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S. 51 wholly in force at 1.4.1996; s. 51 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 184(2); s. 51(3) in force at 4.1.1995 by S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2; s. 51(1)(2)(4)(5) in force at 1.4.1996 by S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a), Sch. 1
1965 c. 49.
S. 51(2) repealed (1.1.2007) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 59(3), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 3, Sch. 2
Pt. I (ss. 1-61) applied (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 35, s. 21(5) (as inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 164(2)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))