The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010

Discharge of registration duties

17.—(1) A registration officer must carry out the registration officer’s functions under this Order in accordance with any general or specific directions given by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Secretary of State may give a direction under paragraph (1) only if it is in accordance with a recommendation of the Commission.

(3) Any of the duties and powers of a registration officer under this Order may be performed and exercised by any deputy for the time being approved by the county or county borough council which appointed the registration officer; and the provisions of this Order apply to any such deputy so far as respects any duties or powers to be performed or exercised by that deputy as they apply to the registration officer.

(4) Any acts authorised or required to be done by or with respect to the registration officer under this Order may, in the event of the registration officer’s incapacity to act or of a vacancy, be done by or with respect to the proper officer of the county or county borough council by whom the registration officer was appointed.

(5) A county or county borough council by whom a registration officer is appointed must assign such officers to assist the registration officer as may be required in carrying out the registration officer’s functions under this Order.