1 Marriages which may be solemnised by Registrar General’s licence.E+W
(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) below, any marriage which may be solemnised on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar may be solemnised on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence elsewhere than at a registered building or the office of a superintendent registrar:
Provided that any such marriage shall not be solemnised according to the rites of the Church of England or the Church in Wales.
(2)The Registrar General shall not issue any licence for the solemnising of a marriage as is mentioned in subsection (1) above unless he is satisfied that one of the persons to be married is seriously ill and is not expected to recover and cannot be moved to a place at which under the provisions of the M1Marriage Act 1949 (hereinafter called the “principal Act”) the marriage could be solemnised [F1(disregarding for this purpose the provisions of that Act relating to marriages in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of that Act)].