38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  s.  10.

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(7.)  Functions  of  assistant  registrars  generally.  —  The
assistant  registrars  shall,  except  as  after  provided,  he
subordinate  to  the  chief  registrar.  They  shall,  within  the
countries  for  which  they  are  respectively  appointed,  exercise ­
  all  functions  and  powers  by  this  Act  given  to  the  registrar, ­
  and  may  also,  by  the  written  authority  of  the  chief
registrar,  exercise  such  of  the  functions  and  powers  by  this
Act  given  to  the  chief  registrar  as  he  shall  from  time  to
time  delegate  to  them  (d).
(8.)  Functions  of  assistant  registrars  for  Scotland  and
Ireland.—Subject  to  any  regulations  to  be  made  under  this
Act,  the  assistant  registrars  for  Scotland  and  Ireland  respectively ­
  shall—
(a.)  Exercise  all  the  functions  and  powers  now  vested  in
the  registrars  of  friendly  or  building  societies  for
Scotland  and  Ireland  respectively,  or  as  respects
building  societies  and  societies  instituted  for  purposes ­
  of  science,  literature,  or  the  fine  arts,  vested
in  Scotland  in  the  Lord  Advocate  or  his  depute
appointed  to  certify  the  rules  of  friendly  societies
there,  or  in  Ireland  in  the  barrister  appointed  to
certify  the  rules  of  friendly  societies  there,  and
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  all  fees  payable  to  such
registrar,  Lord  Advocate,  or  his  depute,  or  barrister ­
  respectively,  and  so  that  all  provisions  in
any  Acts  of  parliament  not  hereby  repealed  relating ­
  to  such  registrar,  Lord  Advocate,  or  his
depute,  or  barrister  respectively,  shall  be  construed ­
  as  applying  to  such  assistant  registrars  respectively ­
  (e)  :
ii.)  Send  to  the  central  office  copies  of  all  such  documents ­
  registered  or  recorded  by  them  as  the  chief
registrar  shall  from  time  to  time  direct:

(d)  This  provision  is  new.  Great  inconvenience  had  been
•caused  under  former  Acts  by  the  requirement  that  the  registrar
should  personally  sign  every  certificate,  as  he  had  no  authority
to  delegate  Ins  powers  to  any  one.  J
(e)  See  note  (e),  p.  55,  ante.
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