Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006

37 Registration districts and authorities

(1) The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).

(2) For section 5 (registration districts and authorities) there is substituted—

“5 Registration districts and local registration authorities

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the area of each local authority shall be a registration district.

(2) There shall be a local registration authority for each registration district.

(3) The local registration authority for a registration district shall be the local authority whose area comprises that district.”.

(3) Section 6 (alteration of registration districts) is repealed.

(4) In section 7 (senior and district registrars and other staff)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “their registration district”;

(b) in subsection (1)(a), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “their registration district”;

(c) in subsection (1)(c), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “their registration district”;

(d) in subsection (8), for “any”, where first occurring, there is substituted “their”; and

(e) in subsection (11)(a), the words “or in a scheme under the last foregoing section” and “or of any such scheme” are repealed.

(5) In section 8 (registration offices)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “their registration district”; and

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “their registration district”;

(ii) for “the office” there is substituted “those premises”; and

(iii) for “the last foregoing subsection” there is substituted “subsection (3) above”.

(6) In section 9(1) (provision of area repositories), for “area” there is substituted “registration district”.