Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1936

Local authority.

1.—In this Act the expression “local authority” means a body in whom is vested the administration of the relief of the poor and, when used in relation to a superintendent registrar, assistant superintendent registrar, registrar, or assistant registrar, means the body in whom is vested the said administration in the district of such superintendent registrar, assistant superintendent registrar, registrar or assistant registrar, as the case may be.