{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Qualifications for appointment",
  "text": "A candidate for appointment to a registration office must be qualified in accordance with the following conditions:—\n(a) he must produce satisfactory evidence as to character;\n(b) he must have attained the age of 21;\n(c) he must not have attained the age of 65;\n(d) if he has attained the age of 55 he must—\n(i) in the case of a candidate for appointment as superintendent registrar, previously have held a registration office or deputy registration office for at least 5 years in the aggregate;\n(ii) in the case of a candidate for appointment to any other registration office, previously have held a registration office or a deputy registration office for a period in the aggregate at least equal to that which has elapsed since he attained the age of 55:\nProvided that the council may appoint a candidate who is not qualified under paragraph (c), or a candidate who is not qualified under paragraph (d), if the Registrar General is satisfied that there is no other suitable candidate for appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/744",
      "affecting_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:16:20.581505+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."
}