Article 11 Extension of compulsory registration

The following amendments shall be made in section 25 of the 1970 Act (under which orders declaring all or part of a county or county borough to be a compulsory registration area are subject to affirmative resolution and cannot take effect until at least six months after being made):

(a)

renumber the section as section 25(1) and in it—

(i)

for “affirmative” substitute “negative”;

(ii)

for “county or county borough” (twice) substitute “local government district”;

(iii)

for “six months” substitute “three months”;

(b)

after section 25(1) insert:

“(2)
A compulsory registration area declared under subsection (1) shall not be affected by any subsequent alteration in the boundaries of, or the subsequent abolition of, the local government district in question.” .

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481