16ARegistrars

### 16A Registrars > *\[Section 16A Inserted by No. 13 of 1989, s. 16 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 16A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja96@GC4@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 16A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja96@GC4@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 16A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja96@GC4@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 16A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja96@GC4@Hpa@EN) *\[Section 16A Subsection (1) substituted by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*The Minister administering the [State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085) may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be the district registrar in respect of each district registry, and a person or persons appointed or employed under that Act to be a deputy district registrar or deputy district registrars in respect of each district registry, and those persons shall hold office in conjunction with State Service employment. > > > (2)  A registrar shall have and may exercise and discharge such powers, authorities, duties, and functions as may be specified in this or any other Act. > > > (3)  Where there is no district registrar or deputy district registrar for a district registry or, for any reason, the district registrar or deputy district registrar is unable to act, the Administrator may authorize a suitable person to perform the duties and exercise the powers of district registrar in respect of that district registry. > > > (4)  A deputy district registrar or a person authorized under this section to perform the duties of district registrar may exercise any of the powers conferred by this Act or otherwise on the district registrar, and any act or other thing done by or before the deputy district registrar or the person so authorized has the same force and effect as if it were done by or before the district registrar.