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Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006

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37Registration districts and authoritiesS

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

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

5Registration 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(3)Section 6 (alteration of registration districts) is repealed.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(e)in subsection (11)(a), the words “or in a scheme under the last foregoing section” and “or of any such scheme” are repealed.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 ”.

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