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.