87Appointment of authorised registrarsS
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For the purpose of affording reasonable facilities throughout Scotland for registration as civil partners, the Registrar General—
(a)is to appoint such number of district registrars as he thinks necessary, and
(b)may, in respect of any district for which he has made an appointment under paragraph (a), appoint one or more assistant registrars,
as persons who may carry out such registration (in this Part referred to as “authorised registrars”).