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(1)The Registrar General may from time to time, and a superintendent registrar may with the approval of the Registrar General, by writing under his hand appoint any person qualified in accordance with the prescribed conditions to be registrar of marriages within the district of any or, as the case may be, of that superintendent registrar in addition to any registrar of births and deaths upon whom the functions of a registrar of marriages have been conferred by the local scheme.
(2)Any person appointed under this section—
(a)if appointed by the Registrar General, shall hold office during the pleasure of the Registrar General;
(b)if appointed by a superintendent registrar, shall hold office during the pleasure of that superintendent registrar but be removable by the Registrar General.
(3)A registrar of marriages appointed under this section shall be entitled to retain any fees received by or payable to him in respect of the execution of his duties under the M1Marriage Act 1949:
Provided that he shall at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed account to the Registrar General for and pay to the council of the [F1non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] within whose area the registration district for which he acts is situated so much of the aggregate sum received by or payable to him by way of those fees as the Registrar General may certify to represent an amount equal to one third part of that sum less such deduction as the Registrar General may allow as remuneration to him for the trouble and expense of collecting and accounting for that third part.
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F1Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)
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