The Registrar's Role

The Role of the SI Registrar & The SI Registration Team

The Statutory Instruments Registrar (SI Registrar) is responsible for ensuring that SIs are numbered and published in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c.46) and The Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947 (UK SI 1948/1) as well as the production of Annual Bound Volumes and Editions of legislation and the Chronological Tables of the Statute and Local Legislation.

As well as the registration and numbering of all United Kingdom Statutory Instruments, the SI Registrar also handles the registration of Instruments made by the Welsh and Scottish Governments.

The role of the SI Registrar supports The National Archives in delivering an efficient and effective Statutory Publishing service that enables Departments to fulfil their legal obligations in relation to the production of Statutory Instruments.

In fulfilling this role, the SI Registrar can advise Departments on the preparation and publication of SIs to ensure that these are produced in accordance with the guidance in Statutory Instrument Practice (SIP) and, where necessary, advise on the appropriate Subject Headings to be used for Statutory Instruments.

The SI Registrar manages a small team responsible for the processing of SIs for registration; drafting and processing correction slips; and compiling, editing and proofing bound volume and annual edition information.  The team processes between 4,000 and 4,500 UK, Welsh and Scottish SIs each year as well as handling hundreds of SI corrections.  During peak periods, other members of the Legislation Services team may be called upon to provide additional resource to support the SI registration process.