Article 4 General Register Office and officers

The Department shall continue to maintain the offices of the Registrar General known as the General Register Office.

The Department shall appoint such officers to the General Register Office as the Department may consider necessary for the purpose of discharging the functions of that Office.

Any function of the Registrar General may be performed by an officer appointed under paragraph (2) and authorised for the purpose of that function by the Registrar General.