Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 17 cross-heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2)
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized on the authority of [F3a marriage schedule] in force under Part III of this Act in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published [F4or in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act the place specified in the [F5notices of marriage [F6and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule]] as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized]:
Provided that a marriage shall not be solemnized as aforesaid in any such church or chapel without the consent of the minister thereof or [F7(wherever the marriage is solemnized)] by any person other than a clergyman.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 17 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(a) (with Sch. 2)
F3Words in s. 17 substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with Sch. 2)
F4Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
F5Words in s. 17 substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 3, 6(b); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F6Words in s. 17 substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(c) (with Sch. 2)
F7Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)