The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)

19.—(1) Section 29 of the 1949 Act (caveat against issue of certificate)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading, for “certificate or licence” substitute “marriage schedule”.

(3) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Any person may enter a caveat with any superintendent registrar against the issue of a marriage schedule in respect of any person named in the caveat and that superintendent registrar must ensure that the fact that it has been entered and the information in it are recorded in the marriage register as soon as reasonably practicable.”.

(4) In subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), for “certificate” (in each place it appears) substitute “marriage schedule”.

(5) In subsection (2), for “until the superintendent registrar” substitute “until the relevant superintendent registrar”.

(6) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant superintendent registrar is the superintendent registrar who first records that a notice of marriage has been given by one of the parties to the marriage.”.

(1)

Section 29 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 1968/1242.