Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

Part 3 S Civil partnership: Scotland

Chapter 2 S Registration

87 Appointment of authorised registrars S

For the purpose of affording reasonable facilities throughout Scotland for [F1 civil] registration as civil partners, the Registrar General—

(a) is to appoint such number of district registrars as he thinks necessary, and

(b) may, in respect of any district for which he has made an appointment under paragraph (a), appoint one or more assistant registrars,

as persons who may carry out such registration (in this Part referred to as “authorised registrars”).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 87 inserted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 24(4), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch.