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(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Changes for the Registration Service in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Devon, Essex, Hereford and Worcester, Kent, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Shropshire) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 21st January 1998.
(2) In this Order,—
 “the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;
 “the 1953 Act” means the Registration Service Act 1953;
 “the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Act 1992;
 “approved registration scheme” means a scheme submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in accordance with article 2 of this Order and approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer under section 14 of the 1953 Act;
 “district” means a registration district for the purposes of section 5 of the 1953 Act;
 “new authority” means the authorities to which the functions of an old authority are transferred by an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act, being: Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Newbury District Council, Reading Borough Council, Slough Borough Council, the council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham District Council; Peterborough City Council; Halton Borough Council and Warrington Borough Council;
 Plymouth City Council and Torbay Borough Council; Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Thurrock Borough Council; Herefordshire District Council and Worcester shire County Council; the Medway Towns District Council;
 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Blackpool Borough Council; Nottingham City Council; and the District of The Wrekin;
 “old authority” means Berkshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cheshire County Council, Devon County Council, Essex County Council, Hereford and Worcester County Council, Kent County Council, Lancashire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Shropshire County Council, being local authorities from which functions are transferred to a new authority by an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act;
 “registration officer” means any superintendent registrar or registrar of births and deaths appointed under section 6(1) of the 1953 Act and any deputy superintendent registrar or deputy registrar of births and deaths appointed under section 8(1) of that Act and “office” shall be construed accordingly; and
 “sub-district” means a registration sub-district for the purposes of section 5 of the 1953 Act.
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(1) Each new authority shall not later than 28th January 1998 submit to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a scheme for the purposes of section 13 of the 1953 Act, and section 13(2) and (3) (provision to be made by local scheme) and section 14(4) (approval of schemes by the Chancellor of the Exchequer) of the 1953 Act shall apply to any scheme so submitted.
(2) If a new authority fails to submit a scheme in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article, the Registrar General may, after consultation with that authority, submit to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a scheme for the purposes of section 13 of the 1953 Act and any scheme so prepared by him, if approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, shall have effect as if it were a scheme submitted by the new authority and approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(3) Subject to any further scheme made by a new authority and approved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer under section 14 of the 1953 Act, the approved registration scheme shall have effect for the organisation of the registration service in the area of the authority to which it relates from 1st April 1998.
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(1) This article applies to any registration officer—
(a) who immediately before 1st April 1998 holds office in or for a district or sub-district in the area of an old authority under an appointment made by that authority;
(b) who would have continued to hold that office after 1st April 1998 but for the transfer of local government functions from that authority to a new authority; and
(c) whose name is mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order.
(2) Every registration officer to whom this article applies shall, on 1st April 1998—
(a) be transferred from the old authority mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order opposite his name to the new authority mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule opposite his name; and
(b) if an office is allocated to him in accordance with article 4 of this Order, become the holder of that office as if he had been appointed to it by the new authority.
(3) Any provision in this Order for the transfer of a person not engaged whole-time as a registration officer shall apply only to his office as a registration officer.
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(1) Each new authority shall not later than 16th February 1998 submit to the Registrar General proposals for allocating to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the area of the authority the registration officers who may, pursuant to paragraph (2) of article 3 of this Order, be transferred to the new authority on 1st April 1998.
(2) Not later than the day on which proposals under paragraph (1) of this article are submitted to the Registrar General, the new authority shall send a copy of the proposals to every registration officer affected by them and the Registrar General, after considering any representations with respect to the proposals made by any such officer within a period of fourteen days after the submission of the proposals, may approve the proposals with or without modifications.
(3) The new authority shall allocate the officers who are transferred to the new authority pursuant to paragraph (2) of article 3 of this Order to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the area of the authority in accordance with the proposals approved by the Registrar General under paragraph (2) of this article.
(4) If any new authority fails to submit proposals in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article, the Registrar General may, after consultation with that authority, and with the registration officers affected, determine the allocation of officers to the posts described in the approved registration scheme for the area of the authority and any allocation so determined shall have effect as if it had been proposed by the new authority and approved by the Registrar General.
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For the purposes of any order made under section 23 of the 1992 Act (staff commissions) and regulations 3 (continuity of employment), 4 (transfers of staff) and 5 (redundancy payments) of the Local Government Changes for England (Staff) Regulations 1995 any registration officer shall, as respects his office, be treated as employed by the old authority by which he was appointed and, on and after 1st April 1998, as an officer in the employment of the new authority to which he is transferred in accordance with article 3(2) of this Order, and any reference in such Order or in those Regulations—
(a) to “employed”, “employment”, “employee” or “employer” shall be construed accordingly; and
(b) to a “contract of employment” shall be construed as a reference to the terms and conditions of the registration officer’s appointment.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
23rd December 1997
DRAFT STAFF TRANSFER ORDER 1998


(1) (2) (3)
NAME OF OFFICER OLD AUTHORITY NEW AUTHORITY
Mrs Maureen C E MorrisMrs Noelle RobertsFrederick H SeddonMrs Evelyn M Reader BERKSHIRE BRACKNELL FOREST
Mrs Elizabeth A PearceMrs Julia A BakerMrs Julie C YoungMrs Susan A PainterMrs Olive WilcoxMrs Catherine A MayoMrs Winifred G CharltonMrs Jane PorterMrs Lindsay JansinghBrian A Freer BERKSHIRE NEWBURY
David B OwenMrs Marianne ScottMrs Carole A Y RobertsMrs Valerie WardMrs Margaret B GlendinningMrs Elaine M CowlingMrs Jennifer BeeneyMrs Sheila B J TibblesMalcolm L SeagerMrs Hilary SedgwickJohn C Brookes BERKSHIRE READING
Mrs Valerie V E BoulterMrs Barbara DixonMrs Barbara M MullinsMrs Shirley A CarterRobert M SlaterMrs Barbara H BradfordMrs Janette PlacquetMrs Anne GreenMrs Lynda Daniel BERKSHIRE SLOUGH
Mrs Barbara A E LayzellMrs Kathleen E AtkinsonMrs Thelma J TaylorMrs Linda KendallMrs Ruth F RobinsonPeter A SmithMrs Mary-Lou KellawayMrs Claire P PatersonMrs Elaine MartinMrs Isabella M BrownMr Peter Edwards BERKSHIRE WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD
Mrs Christine M WhittingtonMrs Davina J HowardMrs Linda M ShephardMrs Kim Williamson BERKSHIRE WOKINGHAM
Mrs Janet ElliottMrs Valerie TozerMrs Pauline S SouthamMrs Wendy M SmithMrs Eileen J AffordMrs Brenda E WhaleyMrs Barbara HarrisMrs Rosalind S YardyMrs Judy Moss CAMBRIDGESHIRE PETERBOROUGH
Mrs Sandra V JonesMrs Barbara OwenMrs Yvonne MacleodMrs Pamela E MooreMrs Christine M Ditchfield CHESHIRE HALTON
Mrs Irene SandersMrs Mary S ConeenyMrs Florence M OwensMrs Ruth HopwoodMrs Susan KinsellaMrs Patricia A MaddoxMrs Denise J YoungMs Kay Bailey CHESHIRE WARRINGTON
Graham LeverettMichael J BeerMrs Jean A FearnehoughJohn A BoonMrs Marilyn J WillisMrs Gillian M WilliamsJeffrey J I MoonMrs Jean BarkerMrs Patricia A EvansMrs Eleanor RitchieMrs Elizabeth A CondayMrs Jean Stokes DEVON PLYMOUTH
Stephen J LeemingMrs Felicity C V WilkesTrevor E E SprattPaul J DaveyMrs Patricia A WrightMrs Penelope N RobinsonMrs Margaret KnightMrs Marian R WaltersJohn R HooperAnthony G WheatonMrs Wendy M Wotton DEVON TORBAY
Mrs Helen R WilsonMrs Lilian B MathewsMrs Jacqueline T SwinfordMrs Susan MillerMs Lynn CarrollMiss Patricia A ElsonMrs Barbara M MargerumDerrick C BelshamMrs Penny J BrownMrs Kathleen M Tilford ESSEX SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
Mrs Carol A LeicyJohn GeorgeMrs Josephine DelaneyMrs Linda A JonesMiss Joanne George ESSEX THURROCK
Mrs Susan K WeatherhillJohn DaviesMs Joanna L CrossMrs Lynne PughMrs Claire A BerrowMrs Pauline J AngellPeter T KleinMrs Margaret R IngramMrs Elizabeth B NewmanMrs June McQuaidMrs Penelope K GregoryMrs Jill E HobkirkMrs Valerie A PillinerMrs Jean C BuftonMrs Sheila StephensMrs Jennifer M HarrisMrs Ann E GriffithsMrs Margaret V HughesMrs Jacqueline Thorne HEREFORD & WORCESTER HEREFORDSHIRE
Mrs Judy L HadleyMrs Jayne M SilkMrs Gail R DoveyJames R TringhamMrs Barbara J StilesRussell DoidgeMrs Maureen A LangstonMrs Gillian WaltersMrs Stephanie T AitchisonMrs Brenda M Aguirre-RuizMrs Molly PensonMrs Josephine A StrattonMrs Laura M PlumridgeMrs Judith M HusbandMrs Judith M MegarryMrs Susan D HortonMrs Lesley S HallMrs Catherine A LeeMrs Catherine B AbellMrs Madeline R CresswellMrs Judith A BassettMrs Janet JellisMrs Sandra S HullDennis JonesMrs Carolyn C DaviesMrs Marilyn CollinsMrs Deborah Clifford-SmithBarry D HughesMrs Linda M YuilleColin R PriceMrs Diana M PicklesMrs Vanda HardingMrs Sally BakerMrs Anne V HadleyMrs Wendy A GoughGeoffrey EdwardsMrs Karen E LanghornMrs Sylvia J Davies HEREFORD & WORCESTER WORCESTERSHIRE
Barry SimsMrs Christine J LaidlawMrs Peggy-Anne van de PeerMichael A BridgeMrs Jacqueline B JamesonMrs Pamela L StrevensMrs Sara LofthouseDouglas CleworthMrs Sandra E ConlanKenneth ShuttleworthMrs Jennifer Hammond-HewettMrs Tracey KingMrs Antoinette J HoubartMrs Pamela Round KENT MEDWAY TOWNS
Raymond M EnshawMrs Susan C CoxMrs Ann WalshMrs Jacqueline A BrooksMrs Karen KayMrs Judith C TalbotMrs Patricia M WatsonMrs Alison SmithMrs Margaret GostelowMrs Joanne MillerMrs Heather L Mather LANCASHIRE BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN
David R HillMrs Doris HodgsonMrs Elizabeth FlynnMrs Carole J FentonMrs Bernice HeeleyMrs Susan JonesMrs Elizabeth MorrisonMrs Jan A SimeonMrs Kathryn S HoltMrs Patricia A Webster LANCASHIRE BLACKPOOL
Stephen M PatmoreMrs Kathleen H DempseyMrs Margaret K DolanMrs Gillian M WilmotMiss Jenny A HaskeyMrs Sandra C DudsonMrs Jacqueline A HooperPaul D ChanceMrs Brenda LeesMiss Jacqueline D BlundyIan BridgeMrs Margaret Fazackerley NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NOTTINGHAM
Mrs Ann R PerkinsMrs Audrey J BatesMrs Yvonne J SlowMrs Karen RichardsRobert N ColesKenneth J ReaMrs Gwen EmbertonMrs Diane Jones SHROPSHIRE THE WREKIN