Article 4 Allocation of Staff

Each new authority shall not later than 15th February 1996 submit to the Registrar General proposals for allocating to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the county or county borough the registration officers who may, pursuant to paragraph (2) of article 3 of this Order, be transferred to the new authority on 1st April 1996.

Not later than the day on which proposals under paragraph (1) of this article are submitted to the Registrar General, the new authority shall send a copy of the proposals to every registration officer affected by them and the Registrar General, after considering any representations with respect to the proposals made by any such officer within a period of fourteen days after the submission of the proposals, may approve the proposals with or without modifications.

The new authority shall allocate the officers who are transferred to the new authority pursuant to paragraph (2) of article 3 of this Order to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the county or county borough in accordance with the proposals approved by the Register General under paragraph (2) of this article.

If any new authority fails to submit proposals in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article, the Registrar General may determine the allocation of officers to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the county or county borough, and any allocation so determined shall have effect as if it has been proposed by the new authority and approved by the Registrar General.