Registration Service Act 1953

1. Introductory Text

2. Registrar General, etc.

   1. 1. Registrar General

   2. 2. General Register Office

   3. 3. Registrar General's staff, etc.

   4. 4. Salaries, receipts and expenses

3. General organisation of registration service

   1. 5. Districts and sub-districts

   2. 6. Superintendent registrars and registrars of births and deaths

   3. 7. Additional registrars of marriages

   4. 8. Deputy superintendent registrars and registrars

   5. 9. Interim superintendent registrars and registrars

   6. 10. District register offices

   7. 11. Sub-district offices, etc.

   8. 12. Provision of register boxes

4. Local organisation of registration service

   1. 13. Local schemes of organisation

   2. 14. Preparation, submission and approval of local schemes

5. General provisions as to officers

   1. 15. Delivery up of books, etc., on ceasing to hold office

   2. 16. General provision as to fees

   3. 17. Privileges of registrars

   4. 18. Temporary provisions as to non-salaried officers

6. Miscellaneous and general

   1. 19. Annual abstract

   2. 20. Regulations

   3. 21. Interpretation

   4. 22. Savings

   5. 23. Repeals and consequential amendments

   6. 24. Short title, extent and commencement

7. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Consequential Amendments in other Enactments

      1. A. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86)

         1. 1. In section thirty-five— (a) for the words " one shilling...

      2. B. The Non-parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92)

         1. 2. In section five, for the words " between the hours...

      3. C. The Marriage and Registration Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 119)

         1. 3. In section twenty-four— (a) for the words " one shilling...

      4. D. The Marriage Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 76)

         1. 4. In subsection (6) of section twenty-seven, for the words "...

         2. 5. In subsection (1) of section twenty-nine for the words "...

         3. 6. In subsection (6) of section thirty-one for the words "...

         4. 7. In subsection (5) of section thirty-two— (a) for the words...

         5. 8. In subsection (6) of section forty-one for the words "...

         6. 9. In subsection (4) of section forty-two, for the words "three...

         7. 10. In section fifty-one— (a) for the words " ten shillings...

         8. 11. In subsection (4) of section fifty-seven for the word "...

         9. 12. In subsection (2) of section fifty-eight, the words " so...

         10. 13. In subsection (1) of section sixty-three— (a) for the words...

         11. 14. In subsection (2) of section sixty-four— (a) for the words...

         12. 15. In subsection (2) of section sixty-five— (a) for the words...

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Repeals