Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863

Alteration of boundaries of districts, &c. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 81.

8. The Lord Lieutenant, or the Registrar General with his approbation, shall have power, from time to time as may be deemed expedient, to alter the boundaries of the districts formed under the provisions of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, and to form new districts, and in the event of any new district being so formed to appoint fit persons to be registrars for such districts; and every such registrar shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Registrar General.