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253.Section 70 contains amendments to the Registration Service Act 1953 consequential to the transfer of registrars and superintendent registrars into local government employment. The amendments remove the right of the Registrar General to dismiss registrars and superintendents. They also remove the need for registrars to account to the Registrar General for the registration fees they collect, as after they become local authority employees, they will be accountable to the local authority.
254.Section 71 removes the current provision whereby superintendent registrars and registrars can appoint their own deputies and places the responsibility for the appointment of all deputies on the local authority.
255.Section 72 removes the power under which the Registrar General or superintendent registrars may appoint new registrars of marriage.
256.This section sets out that the enactments specified in Schedule 4 are repealed to the extent set out in Schedule 4.
257.Upon Royal Assent, the provisions of this Act came into force in accordance with provision made by order made by statutory instrument by the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
258.This section sets out that the Act will extend to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the exceptions of section 62 (on evidence in legal matters, which will extend only to England and Wales) and Part 2 (on the Registration Service, which will extend only to England and Wales). Further, any amendment or repeal effected by this Act will have the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
259.See section 25.
260.See section 46.
261.See section 60.
262.See section 73.
263.The following table sets out the dates and, where appropriate, the Hansard references for each stage of the Act’s passage through Parliament.
| Stage | Date | Hansard reference |
|---|---|---|
| Commons 1st Reading | 21 November 2006 | vol:453 col: 413 |
| Commons 2nd Reading | 8 January 2007 | vol: 455 cols: 23 – 112 |
| Commons Committee first sitting | 16 January 2007 | cols: 3 – 40 |
| Commons Committee second sitting | 16 January 2007 | cols: 42 – 84 |
| Commons Committee third sitting | 18 January 2007 | cols: 87 – 108 |
| Commons Committee fourth sitting | 18 January 2007 | cols: 111 – 156 |
| Commons Committee fifth sitting | 23 January 2007 | cols: 158 – 198 |
| Commons Committee sixth sitting | 23 January 2007 | cols: 200 – 240 |
| Commons Committee seventh sitting | 25 January 2007 | cols: 242 – 262 |
| Commons Committee eighth sitting | 25 January 2007 | cols: 264 – 288 |
| Commons Remaining Stages | 13 March 2007 | vol: 458 cols: 160 – 258 |
| Lords 1st Reading | 14 March 2007 | vol: 690 col: 741 |
| Lords 2nd Reading | 26 March 2007 | vol: 690 cols: 1443 – 1509 |
| Lords Committee first sitting | 24 April 2007 | vol: 691 cols: 561 – 621 |
| Lords Committee second sitting | 24 April 2007 | vol: 691 cols: 638 – 654 |
| Lords Committee third sitting | 2 May 2007 | vol: 691 cols: 1074 – 1120 |
| Lords Committee fourth sitting | 2 May 2007 | vol: 691 cols: 1128 – 1152 |
| Lords Committee fifth sitting | 23 May 2007 | vol: 692 cols: 12 – 66 |
| Lords Report stage | 18 June 2007 | vol: 693 cols: 12 – 66 |
| Lords 3rd Reading | 25 June 2007 | vol: 693 cols: 417 – 434 |
| Commons consideration of Lords amendments | 2 July 2007 | vol: 462 cols: 702 – 746 |
| Lords consideration of Commons amendments | 9 July 2007 | vol: 693 cols: 1234 – 1262 |
| Commons consideration of Lords amendments | 18 July 2007 | vol: 463 cols: 311 – 322 |
| Lords consideration of Commons amendments | 19 July 2007 | vol: 694 cols: 373 – 382 |
Royal Assent – 26 July 2007 House of Lords Hansard Vol. 694 Col 968
House of Commons Hansard Vol. 463 Col 1069
Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007