# Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006, Section 37: Registration districts and authorities


(1) The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).
(2) For section 5 (registration districts and authorities) there is substituted—
“Registration districts and local registration authorities
5 (1) For the purposes of this Act, the area of each local authority shall be a registration district.
(2) There shall be a local registration authority for each registration district.
(3) The local registration authority for a registration district shall be the local authority whose area comprises that district.”.
(3) Section 6 (alteration of registration districts) is repealed.
(4) In section 7 (senior and district registrars and other staff)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “ their registration district ”;
(b) in subsection (1)(a), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “ their registration district ”;
(c) in subsection (1)(c), for “any registration district in their area” there is substituted “ their registration district ”;
(d) in subsection (8), for “any”, where first occurring, there is substituted “ their ”; and
(e) in subsection (11)(a), the words “or in a scheme under the last foregoing section” and “or of any such scheme” are repealed.
(5) In section 8 (registration offices)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “ their registration district ”; and
(b) in subsection (4)—
(i) for “each registration district in their area” there is substituted “ their registration district ”;
(ii) for “the office” there is substituted “ those premises ”; and
(iii) for “the last foregoing subsection” there is substituted “ subsection (3) above ”.
(6) In section 9(1) (provision of area repositories), for “area” there is substituted “ registration district ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/14/section/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006/section-37
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