13Registration agents

13 Registration agents

13 Registration agents

(1) Each council is a registration agent for the purposes of this Regulation.

(2) The Departmental Chief Executive may appoint any person or body to be a registration agent for the purposes of this Regulation.

(3) The Departmental Chief Executive may issue guidelines with respect to the procedures to be followed by registration agents in exercising their functions. Registration agents must follow any such procedures if they are required to do so by those guidelines.

(4) The Departmental Chief Executive may revoke the appointment of a person or body under subclause (2) at any time by notice in writing served on the person or body.

(5) Before serving a notice revoking a person’s or body’s appointment, the Departmental Chief Executive must—

(a) notify the person or body of the proposed revocation, and

(b) give the person or body a reasonable opportunity to make submissions to the Departmental Chief Executive in respect of the proposed revocation, and

(c) have due regard to any such submissions.

(6) A notice under subclause (4) takes effect on the date on which the notice is served or from any later date that is specified in the notice.