Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Civil Partnerships: Scotland.Introduction Chapter 2 - Registration Section 87: Appointment of authorised registrars
180.This section empowers the Registrar General for Scotland, for the purpose of affording reasonable facilities throughout Scotland for registration as civil partners, to appoint such number of district registrars as he thinks necessary, and for any district with a district registrar, one or more assistant registrars, as persons who may carry out such registration.