S.L. 445.7 Art. 16The Genealogical Registrar.

The Chief Herald may from time to time assign the following functions and responsibilities to a person appointed by the Agency as the Genealogical Registrar:

(a) receive, record, maintain and make accessible for research genealogical material at the Office; Office of Arms in pursuance of its functions under these regulations;

(c) establish and maintain a National Inventory of Genealogical Records;

(d) make the National Inventory of Genealogical Records electronically accessible to researchers and the public;

(e) liaise with government departments, state agencies, universities, institutions, libraries, archives and other such places of deposit or custody of genealogical records;

(f) liaise with voluntary genealogical organisations and persons or bodies corporate providing commercial genealogical research to the public;

(g) liaise with institutions providing courses in genealogy and genealogical research;

(h) establish and maintain a panel of suitably qualified genealogists to undertake, from time to time, research assignments for and on behalf of the Chief Herald;

(i) advise the Chief Herald on the custody, accessibility and quality of genealogical material held by the Office and elsewhere;

(j) undertake such other duties and functions as may be assigned to him or her in writing, from time to time, by the Chief Herald.