Part 4Civil partnership: Northern Ireland
Chapter 1Registration
Supplementary
151Registration districts and registration authorities
1
Each local government district shall be a registration district and the district council shall be the local registration authority for the purposes of this Part.
2
A district council shall, in the exercise of functions conferred on it as a local registration authority—
a
act as agent for the Department of Finance and Personnel, and
b
act in accordance with such directions as that Department may give to the council.
3
Any expenditure to be incurred by the district council in the exercise of functions conferred on it as a local registration authority shall be subject to the approval of the Registrar General.
4
The Department of Finance and Personnel shall retain or, as the case may be, defray in respect of each financial year the amount of the difference between—
a
the aggregate of the amounts of salaries, pension provision and other expenses payable by virtue of this Part in respect of any registration district, and
b
the aggregate of the amounts received in that registration district under any statutory provision or otherwise by way of fees or other expenses.