# The Local Government (Registration Service in Wales) Order 1995, Article 2: Local Registration Service


(1) Each new authority shall not later than 15th January 1996 submit to the Secretary of State a scheme for the purposes of section 13 of the 1953 Act, and section 13(2) and (3) (provision to be made by local scheme) and section 14(4) (approved of schemes by the Secretary of State) of the 1953 act shall apply to any scheme so submitted.
(2) If a new authority fails to submit a scheme in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article, the Registrar General may, after consultation with that authority, submit to the Secretary of State a scheme for the purposes of section 13 of the 1953 Act and any scheme so prepared by him, if approved by the Secretary of State, shall have effect as if it were a scheme submitted by the new authority and approved by the Secretary of State.
(3) Subject to any further scheme made by a new authority and approved by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the 1953 Act, the approved registration scheme shall have effect for the organisation of the registration service in the county or county borough to which it relates from 1st April 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3106/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995/article-2
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