{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3106",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Registration Service in Wales) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Registration Service in Wales) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 22nd December 1995.\n(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;\n“the 1953 Act” means the Registration Service Act 1953;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“approved registration scheme” means a scheme submitted to the Secretary of State in accordance with article 2 of this Order and approved by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the 1953 Act;\n“district” means a registration district for the purposes of section 5 of the 1953 Act;\n“new authority” means a county council or county borough council which is established in Wales under the Local Government Act 1972;\n“old authority” means a district council or county council in Wales which ceases to exist on 1st April 1996 under the Local Government Act 1972;\n“registration officer” means any superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths appointed under section 6(1) of the 1953 Act and any deputy superintendent registrar or deputy registrar of births and deaths appointed under section 8(1) of that Act and “office” shall be constructed accordingly;\n“sub-district” means a registration sub-district for the purposes of section 5 of the 1953 Act; and\n“successor superintendent registrar” means the superintendent registrar designated by the Registrar General in respect of a registration district in accordance with article 7(1) of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1953 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 14 requires the approval of “the Minister” which, by virtue of section 21(1) of the 1953 Act means the Minister of Health. The functions of the Minister of Health were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 14 was amended by section 251 of and paragraph 41(2) of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70). References to a non-metropolitan county in that section include a reference to a county borough by virtue of section 22(2)(b) of the 1953 Act, as amended by section 66(6) of and paragraph 12 of Schedule 16 to the 1994 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 5 was amended by section 251 of and paragraph 41(1) of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972. References to a non-metropolitan county in that section include a reference to a county borough by virtue of section 22(2)(b) of the 1953 Act, as amended by section 66(6) of and paragraph 12 of Schedule 16 to the 1994 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1972 c. 70. See section 20, as substituted by section 1(1) of the 1994 Act, section 21, as substituted by section 2 of that Act and section 270(1), as amended by section 1(5) of that Act. By virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 17 to the 1994 Act, the provisions of section 20 of the 1972 Act in force immediately before the passing of the 1994 Act continue to have effect in relation to the administration of local government in Wales before 1st April 1996."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "See section 20(7), as substituted by section 1(1) of the 1994 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3106/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:05.229154+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."
}