Words in s. 8(1) inserted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 51(3)(a) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2

Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

S. 8(6) inserted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 51(3)(b) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/section/8/1995-01-04Registration 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 Database2024-05-171995-01-04Part I General Organisation of Registration Service Local Organisation
8 Registration offices.1

Every local registration authority shall provide and maintain for each registration district in their area a registration office which may comprise principal premises and such subordinate premises as they may, with the approval of the Registrar General, consider appropriate, shall defray the running expenses thereof, and shall provide therein to the satisfaction of the Registrar General a suitable fireproof repository or fireproof safes or cabinets for the safe custody of the records in the custody of the district registrar or registrars.

2

For avoidance of doubt it is declared that a registration office for any registration district need not be situated within the district, and may consist of accommodation in the dwelling house of the district registrar for the district or in an office used by any such registrar for other purposes, subject to agreement as to terms between the authority and the registrar.

3

It shall be a duty of the district registrar for a registration district to arrange that either he or any additional district registrar or an assistant registrar for the district is in attendance at the registration office for the district on such days and at such hours as may be fixed by the local registration authority with the approval of the Registrar General, for the purpose of registering births, deaths and marriages.

4

Every local registration authority shall cause to be displayed in a conspicuous position on or near the outside of the main entrance to the registration office for each registration district in their area a notice stating, in characters which can conveniently be read by the public, the name of the registration district and the hours fixed for attendance at the office under the last foregoing subsection.

5

Every local registration authority shall make arrangements for the custody . . . of duplicates of all necessary keys for each repository, safe or cabinet provided by them under subsection (1) of this section.

6

References in this Act to the registration office shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including all the premises provided and maintained by a local registration authority as parts of the registration office.

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<p>It shall be a duty of the district registrar for a registration district to arrange that either he or any additional district registrar or an assistant registrar for the district is in attendance at the registration office for the district on such days and at such hours as may be fixed by the local registration authority with the approval of the Registrar General, for the purpose of registering births, deaths and marriages.</p>
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<p>Every local registration authority shall cause to be displayed in a conspicuous position on or near the outside of the main entrance to the registration office for each registration district in their area a notice stating, in characters which can conveniently be read by the public, the name of the registration district and the hours fixed for attendance at the office under the last foregoing subsection.</p>
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