Marriage Act 1949

Sections 69, 70.

FOURTH SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF ACT WHICH ARE EXCLUDED OR MODIFIED IN THEIR APPLICATION TO NAVAL, MILITARY AND AIR FORCE CHAPELS

PART I Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England

• Subsection (4) of section six.

• Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section fifteen.

• The proviso to section seventeen.

• Section eighteen.

• Section twenty.

• Subsection (3) of section thirty-five.

• The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four.

• Sections fifty-three to fifty-seven, fifty-nine and sixty, so far as those sections relate to the registration of marriages by clergymen and to the duties of incumbents in relation to marriage register books.

PART II Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England

• Subsection (1) of section six shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated.

• Subsection (3) of section seven shall apply as if for the reference to the parochial church council there were substituted, in relation to a naval chapel, a reference to the Admiralty and, in relation to any other chapel, a reference to a Secretary of State.

• Section eight shall apply as if it required the notice in writing mentioned therein to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act, and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.

• Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section fifteen shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated.

• Subsection (1) of section sixteen shall apply as if it required the oath, which is to be taken thereunder, to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.

• Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.

• Section fifty shall apply as if for the reference to the officiating clergyman there were substituted a reference to the clergyman appointed under section sixty-nine of this Act for the purpose of registering marriages, in whose presence the marriage is solemnized.

PART III Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England

• The proviso to section seventeen.

• The proviso to subsection (2) of section twenty-six.

• Section forty-one.

• Section forty-two.

• The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four.

PART IV Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England

• Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.

• Sections forty-three, forty-four and fifty-four shall apply as if for any reference to the trustees or governing body of a building there were substituted a reference to the Admiralty or any person authorised by them, in the case of a naval chapel, and a reference to a Secretary of State or any person authorised by him, in the case of any other chapel.