Registration Service Act 1953
Registrar General, etc.
1 Registrar General.
2 General Register Office.
3 Registrar General’s staff, etc.
4 Salaries, receipts and expenses.
General organisation of registration service
5 Districts and sub-districts.
6 Superintendent registrars and registrars of births and deaths.
7 Additional registrars of marriages.
8 Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars.
9 Interim superintendent registrars and registrars.
10 District register offices.
11 Sub-district offices, etc.
12 Provision of register boxes.
Local organisation of registration service
13 Local schemes of organisation.
14 Preparation, submission and approval of local schemes.
General provisions as to officers
15 Delivery up of books, etc. on ceasing to hold office.
16 General provision as to fees.
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18 Temporary provisions as to non-salaried officers.
Miscellaneous and general
19 Annual abstract.
19AFunctions relating to transmission of information to Secretary of State
19AADisclosure of information
19ABSpecified public authorities
19ACCode of practice
19BFees ...
20 Regulations.
21 Interpretation.
22 Savings.
23 Repeals and consequential amendments.
24 Short title, extent and commencement.
FIRST SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
A. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86)
1 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
B. The Non-parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92)
2In section five, for the words “between the hours of...
C. The Marriage and Registration Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 119)
3 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
D. The Marriage Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76)
4 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
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6 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
7 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
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12 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
13 Consequential Amendments in other Enactments
14In subsection (2) of section sixty-four— (a) for the words...
15In subsection (2) of section sixty-five— (a) for the words...
SECOND SCHEDULE
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Registration Service Act 1953

1953 c.37

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the registration service in England and Wales with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act wholly in force at 1.10.1953 see s. 24(3).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act extended (prosp.) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 78(4), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8)

C2

Act amended by S.I. 1971/1732, art. 5(7)

C3

Power to extend Act conferred by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 41(4)(5)