PART 3E+W+SDISCHARGE OF REGISTRATION DUTIES
Discharge of registration dutiesE+W+S
21.—(1) The registration officer shall comply with any general or special directions which may be given by the Secretary of State with respect to the arrangements to be made by the registration officer for carrying out his functions under this Schedule.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), the directions which may be given under sub-paragraph (1) include directions requiring the registration officer to maintain the register in a specified electronic form; and any such directions may in particular specify—
(a)the software which is to be used in connection with the maintenance of the register in that form;
(b)the standards in accordance with which that software is to be maintained and updated;
(c)how information required by this Schedule to be included in the register is to be recorded and stored in that form.