Marriage Act 1949

[F1 43B Buildings registered under section 43A: appointment of authorised persons E+W

(1) For the purpose of enabling marriages to be solemnized in a building registered under section 43A without the presence of a registrar, the trustees or governing body of that building may authorise a person to be present at the solemnization of marriages in that building.

(2) Where a person is so authorised in respect of any building registered under section 43A, the trustees or governing body of that building must certify the name and address of the person so authorised to—

(a) the Registrar General, and

(b) the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated.

(3) The power conferred by this section may only be exercised after the end of the relevant one year period (and, if that period has ended before the date of the registration under section 43A, the power may accordingly be exercised immediately).

(4) The relevant one year period is the period of one year beginning with the date of the registration of the building under section 43A (the “new registration”).

(5) But if—

(a) there is any earlier registration of the building under section 41 which is still in force at the date of the new registration, or

(b) there has been any earlier qualifying registration of a previous building,

the relevant one year period is the period of one year beginning with the date of that registration (or the earlier of those dates).

(6) For that purpose there is a qualifying registration of a previous building if—

(a) the congregation on whose behalf the new registration is made previously used another building for the purpose of public religious worship,

(b) that building was registered under section 41 or 43A, and

(c) that registration was cancelled not more than one month before the date of the new registration.

(7) A reference in this section to the solemnization of marriage is a reference to the solemnization of marriage of a same sex couple.

(8) Nothing in this section is to be taken to relate or have any reference to marriages solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends or of persons professing the Jewish religion.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 43A-43D inserted (31.10.2013 for specified purposes, 13.3.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2013/2789, art. 2(a); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(g)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 3 applied (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 1(2)(a), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)