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Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970
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2 Notice of marriage.E+W
(1)Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence, notice shall be given in the prescribed form by either of the persons to be married to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which it is intended that the marriage shall be solemnised, and the notice shall state by or before whom it is intended that the marriage shall be solemnised.
(2)The provisions of section 27(4) [F1and (4A)] of the principal Act (which relate to entries in the marriage [F2register etc]) shall apply to notices of marriage on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence.
(3)The provisions of section 28 of the principal Act (declaration to accompany notice of marriage) shall apply to the giving of notice under this Act with the exception of paragraph(b) of subsection (1) of that section and with the modification that in section 28(2) references to the registrar of births and deaths or of marriages and deputy registrar shall be omitted.
[F3(4)Sections 27D and 28A(1A) and (2) of the principal Act apply (with the appropriate modifications) to a marriage intended to be solemnized in pursuance of this Act as they apply to a marriage intended to be solemnized in pursuance of 26B(2), (4) or (6) of that Act.]
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F1Words in s. 2(2) inserted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 56(3)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F2Words in s. 2(2) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 56(3)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F3S. 2(4) inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 24; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(ii)
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