Each local government district shall be a registration district and the district council shall be the local registration authority for the purposes of this Part.
A district council shall, in the exercise of functions conferred on it as a local registration authority—
act as agent for the Department of Finance and Personnel, and
act in accordance with such directions as that Department may give to the council.
Any expenditure to be incurred by the district council in the exercise of functions conferred on it as a local registration authority shall be subject to the approval of the Registrar General.
The Department of Finance and Personnel shall retain or, as the case may be, defray in respect of each financial year the amount of the difference between—
the aggregate of the amounts of salaries, pension provision and other expenses payable by virtue of this Part in respect of any registration district, and
the aggregate of the amounts received in that registration district under any statutory provision or otherwise by way of fees or other expenses.