http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/section/1Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965An Act to make new provision as respects the registration of births, deaths and marriages in Scotland, and as respects the recording of changes of name or surname there, and for purposes connected therewith.1979-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2023-11-30 Part I General Organisation of Registration Service Central Organisation The Registrar General.11The 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 Scottish Ministers.2References in this Act to the Registrar General are references to the person for the time being holding the said office.3The 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.4The 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.Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8 para. 12 (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(1)
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