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Make
provision about certain offices under the Registration Service
Act 1953; |
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to make provision about the
holders of certain offices under that Act and the |
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appointment of persons to
such offices; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Transfer
to local authority employment |
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(1) |
On the appointed day, every
person who immediately before that day holds a |
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relevant office becomes an
employee of his appointing authority. |
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(2) |
The relevant offices are— |
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(a) |
superintendent registrar
of births, deaths and marriages appointed |
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under section 6 of the Registration
Service Act 1953 (c. 37); |
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(b) |
registrar of births and deaths
appointed under that section; |
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(c) |
deputy superintendent registrar
of births, deaths and marriages |
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appointed under section 8
of that Act; |
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(d) |
deputy registrar of births
and deaths appointed under that section. |
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(3) |
The terms and conditions
of appointment of a relevant office holder have effect |
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from the appointed day (subject
to any necessary modifications) as the terms |
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and conditions of his employment
with the authority. |
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(4) |
On the appointed day any
liabilities incurred by a relevant office holder in |
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connection with the exercise
of his functions are transferred to the appointing |
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(5) |
Any period which ends immediately
before the appointed day during which a |
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(a) |
a relevant office holder
(whether in respect of the same or different |
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(b) |
a relevant office holder
(whether in respect of the same or different |
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relevant offices) or an employee
of a local authority, |
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must
be treated as a period of continuous employment with the appointing
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(6) |
If,
immediately before the appointed day, a relevant officer holder
was a |
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member of a pension scheme
established in pursuance of regulations under |
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sections 7 and 12 of the
Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11),
he continues to be a |
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member of the scheme by virtue
of his becoming an employee of the |
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In relation to a relevant
office holder, the appointing authority is the local |
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authority by whom he is appointed. |
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(8) |
Each of the following is
a local authority— |
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(a) |
the council of a non-metropolitan
county; |
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(b) |
the council of a metropolitan
district; |
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(c) |
the council of a county borough; |
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(d) |
the Common Council of the
City of London. |
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(9) |
The appointed day is the
day appointed in pursuance of section 3
for the |
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coming into force of this
section. |
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Registration
Service Act 1953: amendments and repeals |
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(1) |
The Registration
Service Act 1953 (c. 37) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 6 (superintendent
registrars and registrars of births and deaths)— |
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(a) |
the proviso to subsection
(1) is repealed; |
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(b) |
in subsection (3) for the
words “a salaried officer paid by” substitute “an
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also in subsection (3), paragraphs
(a) and (b) and the words “and shall” |
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before paragraph (a) are repealed; |
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(d) |
subsection (4) is repealed. |
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(3) |
Section 7 (additional registrars
of marriages) is repealed. |
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(4) |
In section 8 (deputy superintendent
registrars and registrars)— |
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(a) |
in subsection (1) the words
“subject to the approval of the Registrar |
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(b) |
in subsection (2) the words
“but be removable by the Registrar General” |
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(5) |
In section 13(2)(f) (local
schemes of organisation) the words from “so however”
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(6) |
In section 15(1) (delivery
of documents on ceasing to hold office), the words |
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from “or, if there
is no successor,” to the end are repealed. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Registration Service Act 2006. |
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(2) |
This Act (except this section)
comes into force on such day as the Chancellor of |
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the Exchequer by order made
by statutory instrument appoints. |
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(3) |
This Act does not extend
to Scotland or Northern Ireland. |
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Registration
Service Bill |
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To Make
provision about certain offices under the Registration Service
Act |
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1953; to make provision about
the holders of certain offices under that Act and |
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the appointment of persons
to such offices; and for connected purposes. |
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Ordered,
by The House
of Commons, |
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to
be printed, 23rd
November 2005. |
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© Parliamentary
copyright House of Commons 2005
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Applications
for reproduction should be made in writing to the Copyright Unit,
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Her
Majesty’s Stationery Office, St. Clements House, 2-16 Colegate,
Norwich, NR3 1BQ
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OF THE House of Commons
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