2013 No. 2294
Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc., England And Wales
Civil Partnership, England And Wales

The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6A(1), (2)(b), (2B), (2C) and 258(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 20041, and section 46A(1) and (2) of the Marriage Act 19492, and now vested in her3, makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

(2)

They come into force on 7th October 2013.

(3)

In these Regulations, the “2005 Regulations” means the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 20054.

(4)

These Regulations apply to an application for approval received by an authority on or after the day on which they come into force.

(5)

In paragraph (4), “application for approval” and “authority” have the same meaning as in the 2005 Regulations.

Amendments to the 2005 Regulations2.

(1)

The 2005 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4(1)(a)5 (public consultation): for “fully” substitute “finally”.

(3)

Above the entry for the Society of Friends in the table in Schedule A16 (persons who must consent to an application for approval of religious premises)—

(a)

in the first column of the table, insert “Place of meeting for religious worship of the United Reformed Church”, and

(b)

in the second column of the table, insert “General Assembly of the United Reformed Church”.

Mark Harper
Minister of State

Home Office

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make two amendments to the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005, as follows.

Regulation 4 is amended to correct an error in the drafting of the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which referred to applications being “fully” instead of “finally” determined. The latter wording was used in the 2005 Regulations prior to their amendment, and should have been maintained.

The table of persons who must consent to an application for approval of certain types of religious premises, at Schedule A1 to the 2005 Regulations, is amended to add the United Reformed Church.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.