63 Searches in register books. E+W
(1)Every incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue and registrar by whom a marriage register book is kept shall at all reasonable hours allow searches to be made in any marriage register book in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry in such a book, on payment of the following fee, that is to say—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(b)for every certified copy, the sum of [F2£2.50][F2£5.50]
(2)The last foregoing subsection shall apply in the case of a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed with the substitution for the reference to the incumbent of a reference to the person having the custody of a marriage register book in accordance with regulations made under section seventy-four of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 63(1)(a), 64(2)(b) and 65(2)(a)(b) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242
F2S. 63(1)(b): by S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2,Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982) it is provided (1.4.1994) that the fee for a certified copy of an entry issued under that subsection - (i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar is £2.50, and (ii) in any other case is £5.50. (The relevant entries in S.I. 1993/3116 were revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4). Those same fees payable: (1.2.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/3257, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3162, art. 3); (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3162, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3152, art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 63 modified by Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 (No. 2, SIF 21:9), ss. 20(3), 27(3)