# Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Article 5: Registration districts and registration authorities


(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.
(2) A district council shall, in the exercise of the functions conferred on it as a local registration authority,—
(a) act as agent for the Department; and
(b) act in accordance with such directions as the Department may give to the council;
and any expenditure to be incurred in the exercise of those functions shall be subject to the approval of the Registrar General.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1041/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-5
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