Article 28 Discharge of registration dutiesI1

Any of the duties and powers of a registration officer under this Order may be performed and exercised by any deputy for the time being approved by the county or county borough council which appointed the registration officer, and the provisions of this Order apply to any such deputy so far as respects any duties or powers to be performed or exercised by the deputy, as they apply to the registration officer.

Any acts authorised or required to be done by, or with respect to, the registration officer under this Order may, in the event of incapacity of that officer to act or of a vacancy, be done by or with respect to the proper officer of the county or county borough council by whom the registration officer was appointed.

A county or county borough council by whom a registration officer is appointed must assign such officers to assist the registration officer as may be required in carrying out the functions of the registration officer under this Order.

When carrying out functions under this Order, a registration officer must comply with any general or specific directions which may be given by the Welsh Ministers under section 52 of the 1983 Act^f1 (discharge of registration duties) where those directions have been issued on, and in accordance with, a recommendation of the Electoral Commission.

In relation to paragraph (2), “proper officer” means a proper officer within the meaning of section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972^f2.