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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023
sec.99The registrar
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### sec.99 The registrar
There is to be a registrar-general (the registrar ).
The registrar is to be employed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
The registrar’s functions are—
to establish the registers for this Act; and
to administer this Act—
in an efficient, effective and economical way; and
in a way best calculated to achieve its objects; and
to maintain the integrity of the registers and seek to prevent fraud associated with the registers; and
the functions given under this or another Act.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024 , part 3 gives the registrar functions in connection with the donor conception information register under that Act. That register is not a register for the purposes of this Act.
The registrar has the powers necessary to perform the registrar’s functions.
s 99 amd 2024 No. 46 s 159
(sec.99-ssec.1) There is to be a registrar-general (the registrar ).
(sec.99-ssec.2) The registrar is to be employed under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
(sec.99-ssec.3) The registrar’s functions are— to establish the registers for this Act; and to administer this Act— in an efficient, effective and economical way; and in a way best calculated to achieve its objects; and to maintain the integrity of the registers and seek to prevent fraud associated with the registers; and the functions given under this or another Act. The Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024 , part 3 gives the registrar functions in connection with the donor conception information register under that Act. That register is not a register for the purposes of this Act.
(sec.99-ssec.4) The registrar has the powers necessary to perform the registrar’s functions.
- (a) to establish the registers for this Act; and
- (b) to administer this Act— (i) in an efficient, effective and economical way; and (ii) in a way best calculated to achieve its objects; and
- (i) in an efficient, effective and economical way; and
- (ii) in a way best calculated to achieve its objects; and
- (c) to maintain the integrity of the registers and seek to prevent fraud associated with the registers; and
- (d) the functions given under this or another Act.
- (i) in an efficient, effective and economical way; and
- (ii) in a way best calculated to achieve its objects; and