{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1976/1041",
  "legislation_title": "Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Registration districts and registration authorities",
  "text": "(1) Each local government district shall be a registration district for the purposes of the registration of births and deaths and the district council shall be the local registration authority for those purposes.\n(2) A district council shall, in the exercise of the functions conferred on it as a local registration authority,—\n(a) act as agent for the Department; and\n(b) act in accordance with such directions as the Department may give to the council;\nand any expenditure to be incurred in the exercise of those functions shall be subject to the approval of the Registrar General.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:49.962650+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}