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Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Registration Service Act 1953. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 1(1) s. 1 renumbered as s. 1(1) by 2007 c. 18 s. 68(1)(a)s. 6(1) (Proviso) repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(2)(a) Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 6(3) words repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(2)(b)(ii) Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 6(3) words substituted by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(2)(b)(i)s. 6(4) repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(2)(c) Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 7 repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 72 Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 8 substituted by 2007 c. 18 s. 71s. 13(2)(f) words repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(3) Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 14 transfer of functions by S.I. 2008/678 Sch. 1 para. 7(a)s. 15(1) words repealed by 2007 c. 18 s. 70(4) Sch. 4 Pt. 2s. 18 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10s. 19 transfer of functions by 2007 c. 18 s. 25(2)(b)s. 19 words substituted by 2007 c. 18 Sch. 1 para. 9(a)s. 19 words substituted by 2007 c. 18 Sch. 1 para. 9(b)s. 19 words substituted by S.I. 2005/3129 Sch. 1 para. 2s. 20 transfer of functions by S.I. 2008/678 Sch. 1 para. 7(b)s. 21 words substituted by S.I. 2008/678 Sch. 2 para. 7s. 22(1) repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 4 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 5 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 7 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 8 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 14(b)-(d) repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Sch. 1 para. 15(b)-(d) repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 1(2)-(5) inserted by 2007 c. 18 s. 68(1)(b)s. 19A inserted by 2012 c. 5 s. 135Sch. 1 para. 10-13 repealed by 2004 c. 14 Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Registration Service Act 1953:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2005/2213 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 38)S.I. 2007/3388 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 18)S.I. 2008/839 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 18) Registrar General, etc.E+W1 Registrar General.E+WHer Majesty may from time to time under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom appoint a Registrar General for England and Wales, and any person so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed by or under any enactment on the Registrar General, whether described by that title alone or with any additional description, and shall hold office during Her Majesty’s pleasure.
2 General Register Office.E+WThe offices of the Registrar General shall be known as the General Register Office and any place in which any registers or records in the custody of the Registrar General by virtue of this or any other Act are deposited by direction of the Registrar General with the approval of the Treasury shall, so long as those registers or records are there deposited, be deemed to be part of the General Register Office.
3 Registrar General’s staff, etc.E+W(1)Subject to the consent of [F1the Minister for the Civil Service] as to number, the Registrar General may appoint such officers and servants for the purposes of his functions as he may determine.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1968/1656, arts. 2(1)(a), 3(2)4 Salaries, receipts and expenses.E+W(1)There shall be paid to the Registrar General and to the officers and servants appointed by the Registrar General such salaries or remuneration as [F2the Minister for the Civil Service] may from time to time determine.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1968/1656, arts. 2(1)(a), 3(2)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 4(2) extended by S.I. 1982/1526, art. 3 General organisation of registration serviceE+W5 Districts and sub-districts.E+W(1)For the purposes of the Registration Acts, in every [F3non-metropolitan county and metropolitan district] there shall be one or more districts and in every district there shall be one or more sub-districts.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F3Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(1)Marginal CitationsM11949 c. 76. 6 Superintendent registrars and registrars of births and deaths.E+W(1)Every superintendent registrar and every registrar of births and deaths shall be appointed by the council of the [F4non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which his district or sub-district is situated:
Provided that if, on the occurrence of a vacancy in any office of superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths, the council refuses to fill the vacancy or, having been required by the Registrar General to fill the vacancy within a period of not less than twenty-eight days specified in the requirement, fails to do so, the appointment shall be made by the Registrar General.
(3)Every superintendent registrar and every registrar of births and deaths shall be a salaried officer paid by the council of the [F4non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which his district or sub-district is situated and shall—
(a)at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed account to the Registrar General for all fees received by or payable to him in respect of the execution of his duties under the Registration Acts; and
(b)upon the direction of the Registrar General pay to the council aforesaid such sum as the Registrar General may certify to be due to the council in respect of those fees.
(4)Every superintendent registrar and every registrar of births and deaths shall hold office during the pleasure of the Registrar General.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F4Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)7 Additional registrars of marriages.E+W(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 M2Marriage 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 [F5non-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.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F5Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)Marginal CitationsM21949 c. 76 8 Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars.E+W(1)Subject to the provisions of the local scheme, every superintendent registrar and every registrar of births and deaths shall, and any registrar of marriages may, from time to time by writing under his hand appoint, subject to the approval of the Registrar General, one or more fit persons to act as his deputy in the case of his illness or unavoidable absence or in any prescribed case, and any person so appointed shall while so acting have all the powers and duties of a superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, a registrar of births and deaths or a registrar of marriages.
(2)Subject as aforesaid, a superintendent registrar or registrar shall be civilly responsible for any act or omission of his deputy, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the officer by whom he was appointed but be removable by the Registrar General.
9 Interim superintendent registrars and registrars.E+W(1)If any superintendent registrar or any registrar of births and deaths ceases to hold his office, his deputy or, if he has more than one deputy, such one of his deputies as shall from time to time be determined by the [F6proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which his district or sub-district is situated shall become interim superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, interim registrar of births and deaths.
(2)If a superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths ceases to hold his office and he has no deputy, the [F7proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] aforesaid shall appoint an interim superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, an interim registrar of births and deaths.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F6Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(3)F7Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(4)10 District register offices.E+W(1)The countil of every [F8non-metropolitan county and metropolitan district] shall provide and maintain for the superintendent registrar of each district within the [F9non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] a register office according to a plan approved by the Registrar General, and shall provide therein to the satisfaction of the Registrar General a suitable fireproof repository or strong fire-resisting boxes for the safe custody of the records in the charge of the superintendent registrar.
(3)Without prejudice to the last foregoing subsection, if in the case of any district, by reason of the refusal or neglect of the council of the [F9non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district], a register office for that district is not provided or is not maintained and kept in repair, the Registrar General may, if so authorised by the Treasury, expend a sum not exceeding three hundred pounds in providing an office, or any sum from time to time necessary for repairing or maintaining any office provided by him, and any sum so expended shall be repaid to the Registrar General by the council.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F8Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(1)F9Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)11 Sub-district offices, etc.E+W(1)Subject to the provisions of the local scheme, every registrar of births and deaths and every deputy registrar of births and deaths shall either dwell in or have a known office within the sub-district of which he is registrar or deputy registrar.
12 Provision of register boxes.E+WThe Registrar General shall provide such number of strong fire-resisting boxes as may be required to hold the registers kept by each registrar of births and deaths and registrar of marriages.
Local organisation of registration serviceE+W13 Local schemes of organisation.E+W(1)There shall be in force for each [F10non-metropolitan county and metropolitan district] a scheme or schemes (in this Act referred to as “the local scheme”) prepared and made in accordance with the next following section.
(a)determining the number and boundaries of the registration districts and sub-districts in the [F11non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district];
(c)determining the number of superintendent registrars, registrars of births and deaths and other officers required for the purposes of the Registration Acts within the [F11non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district];
(f)fixing, subject to such power of revision as may be provided by the scheme, the conditions on which an office is to be held, so, however, that nothing in the scheme shall affect the power of the Registrar General to remove from office an officer in any case in which the Registrar General is satisfied that the officer has been guilty of serious default in the performance of the duties imposed on him by the Registration Acts or any regulations made thereunder;
(g)applying with any necessary modifications, adaptations and exceptions the provisions of the Local Government Act M3 1929 relating to the transfer, superannuation and compensation of officers;
(h)conferring on the [F12proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] powers with respect to—
(b)confer on the [F12proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] such general powers of supervising the administration within the [F11non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] of the provisions of the Registration Acts as may be specified in the scheme.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F10Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(1)F11Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)F12Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(4)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C2S. 13(2)(3) applied (8.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3118, art. 2(1)Marginal CitationsM31929 c. 17 14 Preparation, submission and approval of local schemes.E+W(1)The council of a [F13non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] may from time to time prepare and submit to the Minister schemes for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the last foregoing section.
(2)In the case of any [F13non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] created after the commencement of this Act, the council of that [F13non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] shall prepare and submit to the Minister a local scheme within such period as the Minister may allow.
(a)it appears to the Registrar General at any time that by reason of special circumstances an immediate adjustment is necessary in the division of any [F13non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] into districts and sub-districts; or
the Registrar General may, after consultation with the council of the [F13non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] concerned, prepare a scheme for the purpose, and any scheme so prepared by him, if approved by the Minister, shall have effect as it it were a scheme submitted by the council and approved by the Minister in accordance with this section.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F13Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C3S. 14: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/273, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(a)C4S. 14(4) applied (8.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3118, art. 2(1) General provisions as to officersE+W15 Delivery up of books, etc. on ceasing to hold office.E+W(1)When any person ceases to hold the office of superintendent registrar, registrar of births and deaths or registrar of marriages for any district or sub-district, all register boxes, keys, books and documents in his possession as holder of that office for that district or sub-district shall be delivered up to his successor in office or, if there is no successor, to such person as the Registrar General may designate.
(2)If any person who has in his custody or power any such article as aforementioned wilfully fails to deliver it up to, or account for it to the satisfaction of, the person in whose custody it should be, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of [F14level 2 on the standard scale]; and if the failure continues after he is convicted thereof he shall be guilty of a further offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five pounds for every day on which the failure has so continued.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F14Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46Modifications etc. (not altering text)C5S. 15(1) modified (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 22(2)(b)16 General provision as to fees.E+WSubject as may be prescribed, a superintendent registrar, registrar of births and deaths or registrar of marriages may refuse to comply with any application voluntarily made to him under the Registration Acts until the appropriate fee, if any, provided for by those Acts is paid to him; and any such fee shall be recoverable by the officer to whom it is payable as a debt due to him.
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F15S. 17 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII18 Temporary provisions as to non-salaried officers.E+W(1)This section shall apply to any superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths who holds that office at the commencement of this Act and is not then a salaried officer in respect of that office, unless and until he becomes a salaried officer in respect of that office.
(2)Subsection (3) of section six of this Act shall not apply in relation to any officer to whom this section applies but he shall be entitled to retain any fees received by or payable to him in respect of the execution of his duties under the Registration Acts:
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 [F16non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which his district or sub-district 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—
(a)one third part of any fees under the M4Marriage Act 1949; plus
(b)one third part of any fees under the M5Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 other than under subsection (3) of section eleven, section twelve, section fourteen or section twenty-four thereof; plus
(c)one fourth part of any fees under the said section twelve,
less such deduction as the Registrar General may allow as remuneration to him for the trouble and expense of collecting and accounting for those parts of those fees.
(3)Any superintendent registrar to whom this section applies shall four times in every year make up an account of the number of entries in the certified copies of entries in registers of live-births, still-births, deaths and marriages sent by him to the Registrar General during the preceding three months under section fifty-eight of the M6Marriage Act 1949 or section twenty-seven of the M7Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 and shall be entitled to receive from the Registrar General the sum of twopence for each entry in those certified copies.
(4)Any registrar of births and deaths to whom this section applies shall four times in every year make out an account of the number of births and deaths which he has registered since the last quarterly account and the superintendent registrar for the district in which the registrar’s sub-district is situated shall verify and sign the account; and the council of the [F16non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which the registrar’s sub-district is situated shall pay to the registrar—
(a)for each of the first twenty entries in the account, whether of live-births, still-births or deaths, the sum of [F1712½p]; and
(b)for each such entry after the first twenty, the sum of [F175p]:
Provided that during the continuance in force of the M8Population (Statistics) Act 1938 paragraph (b) of this subsection shall have effect as if for the sum of [F175p] there were substituted the sum of one shilling and fivepence.
(5)Upon an application for the purpose being made, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, by any officer to whom this section applies, he shall, as from such date (not being later than the beginning of the next financial year) as may be fixed by the council of the [F16non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in which his district or sub-district is situated, become a salaried officer.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F16Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)F17Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C6References to twopence and one shilling and fivepence to be read as references to equivalent amounts in new currency: Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)C7Power to amend s. 18(3)(4) conferred by Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (c. 14), s. 5, Sch. 3Marginal CitationsM41949 c. 76. M51953 c. 20 M61949 c. 76. M71953 c. 20. M81938 c. 12. Miscellaneous and generalE+W19 Annual abstract. E+WThe Registrar General shall send to the Minister annually, in such form as the Minister may from time to time require, a general abstract of the number of live-births, still-births, deaths and marriages registered in the year last preceding and the Minister shall within one month after receipt thereof or of the meeting of Parliament lay that abstract before each House of Parliament.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C8S. 19 amended by Population (Statistics) Act 1960 (c. 32), s. 4C9S. 19: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/273, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(b)20 Regulations.E+WThe Registrar General with the approval of the Minister may by statutory instrument make regulations—
(b)prescribing the duties under the Registration Acts of [F18proper officers of non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts], and such other officers as may be appointed in pursuance of any local scheme;
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F18Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(5)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C10S. 20 extended (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), ss. 124(1), 192(4), Sch. 10 para. 3.C11S. 20 extended by Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14), s. 160(1)C12S. 20: functions of the Secretary of State transferred (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/273, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(c)21 Interpretation.E+W(1)In this Act, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively—
“local scheme” means the scheme or schemes made under section fourteen of this Act for the time being in force for the [F19non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district] in question;
“the Minister” means [F20the Chancellor of the Exchequer];
“the Registration Acts” means this Act, the M9Marriage Act 1949 and the M10Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
(2)In . . . F21 this Act . . . F21
(b)any reference to a [F23metropolitan district] or the council of a [F23metropolitan district] shall include a reference to the City of London or the Common Council thereof and to a [F24London borough] or the council thereof [F25and any reference to a non-metropolitan county includes a reference to a county borough].
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F19Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(2)F20Words in s. 21(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/273, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 13F21Words repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. IIF22S. 21(2)(a) repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 18 Pt. IIF23Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 41(6)F24Words substituted by virtue of London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), s. 4(2)(a)F25Words in s. 21 (2)(b) added (1.10.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 12; S.I. 1995/2490, art. 5(1)(2)(3), Sch. 3Marginal CitationsM91949 c. 76. M101953 c. 20. 22 Savings.E+W(1)Any appointment made under any enactment repealed by this Act and having effect immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to have effect as if duly made under the corresponding provision of this Act.
(3)Any scheme made under section twenty-four of the M11Local Government Act 1929 or made in like manner by virtue of subsection (2) of section one hundred and thirty-one of that Act, being in either case a scheme in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been prepared, submitted and approved in accordance with section fourteen of this Act.
(5)Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of [F26sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the M12Interpretation Act 1978] (which [F26relate] to the effect of repeals).
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F26Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)Marginal CitationsM111929 c. 17. M121978 c. 30. 23 Repeals and consequential amendments. E+W(1)The enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F27S. 23(2), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XIModifications etc. (not altering text)C13The text of s. 23 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.24 Short title, extent and commencement.E+W(1)This Act may be cited as the Registration Service Act 1953.