Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

69 Employment status of officials

(1) On commencement of this section, every person who immediately before commencement of this section holds a relevant office becomes an employee of the relevant local authority.

(2) The relevant offices are—

(a) superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages appointed under section 6 of the Registration Service Act 1953;

(b) registrar of births and deaths appointed under that section;

(c) deputy superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages appointed under section 8 of that Act;

(d) deputy registrar of births and deaths appointed under that section.

(3) The terms and conditions of appointment of the holder of a relevant office have effect from commencement of this section (subject to any necessary modifications) as the terms and conditions of his employment with the relevant local authority.

(4) On commencement of this section any liabilities incurred by the holder of a relevant office in connection with the exercise of his functions are transferred to the relevant local authority.

(5) Any period which ends immediately before commencement of this section during which a person was continuously—

(a) the holder of a relevant office (whether in respect of the same or different relevant offices), or

(b) the holder of a relevant office (whether in respect of the same or different relevant offices) or an employee of a local authority,

must be treated as a period of continuous employment with the relevant local authority.

(6) If, immediately before commencement of this section, the holder of a relevant office was a member of a pension scheme established in pursuance of regulations under sections 7 and 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), he continues to be a member of the scheme by virtue of his becoming an employee of the relevant local authority.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the “relevant local authority” is—

(a) in relation to the holder of a relevant office falling within subsection (2)(a) or (b), the local authority by which he was appointed;

(b) in relation to the holder of a relevant office falling within subsection (2)(c) or (d), the local authority which appointed the superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages or registrar of births and deaths by whom he was appointed.

(8) For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a local authority—

(a) a county council in England;

(b) a district council in England for an area without a county council;

(c) a London borough council;

(d) the Common Council of the City of London;

(e) the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(f) a county or county borough council in Wales.