Section 9 Interim superintendent registrars and registrars.

If any superintendent registrar or any registrar of births and deaths ceases to hold his office, his deputy or, if he has more than one deputy, such one of his deputies as shall from time to time be determined by the F1proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district in which his district or sub-district is situated shall become interim superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, interim registrar of births and deaths.

If a superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths ceases to hold his office and he has no deputy, the F2proper officer of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district aforesaid shall appoint an interim superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, an interim registrar of births and deaths.

An interim superintendent registrar and an interim registrar of births and deaths shall, until a new superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, registrar of births and deaths enters into office, have all the powers and duties of that office.