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Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

Consolidated Text As Enacted As Enacted Cited authorities 34 Cited in Amendments 479 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1965 c. 49
(1) The office of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland shall continue, and any vacancy in that office shall be filled by an appointment made by the F1Scottish Ministers.(2) References in this Act to the Registrar General are references to the person for the time being holding the said office.(3) The Registrar General shall exercise the functions pertaining to the said office by virtue of this or any other Act; and subject to that general duty, shall have power to do all such things as appear to him necessary or expedient for maintaining the utility and efficiency of the registration service in Scotland.(4) The Registrar General shall send to the Secretary of State annually, in such form as the Secretary of State may from time to time require, a report containing the numbers of births, deaths and marriages registered in Scotland in the year to which the report relates and such other information as the Registrar General thinks expedient or the Secretary of State may require; and the Secretary of State shall lay every such report before each House of Parliament.

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