Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928

5 Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland

(1) It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session to appoint a Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland, who shall receive out of moneys to be provided by Parliament such salary as the Treasury may fix, and on such appointment being made there shall be transferred to and vested in such Keeper the whole powers and duties of the Deputy Clerk Register, and the whole powers and duties of the Keeper of the General Register of Sasines, the Register of Hornings, the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications and the Register of Entails (hereinafter referred to as the Keeper of the General Register of Sasines), and of the Keeper of the Register of Deeds.

(2) In the event of a vacancy in the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland, or in his absence from any cause, the Secretary of State, may authorise a member of the staff of any office the duties whereof are vested by this Act in the said Keeper or any other fit person to discharge the duties of the officer for the time being.

(3) On the appointment of a Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland, the offices of Keeper of the General Register of Sasines and Keeper of the Register of Deeds shall cease to exist, and the persons discharging the duties of these offices and all persons employed under them and in the Record Department at the date of such appointment as aforesaid, shall be transferred and attached to the office of the Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland, and shall perform such duties in relation to the duties of the said office as the Secretary of State may direct: Provided that such keepers and persons shall be in no worse position as regards tenure of office, salary or superannuation allowance than they would have been if this Act had not passed and the vacancy in the office of Deputy Clerk Register had been filled.