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The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

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Repeal of sections 53 to 62 of the 1949 Act

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6.  Omit sections 53 to 62 of the 1949 Act (registration of marriages)(1).

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Section 53 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1994 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Section 55 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 57 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70), paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821. Section 58 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, S.I. 2008/678 and 2009/2821, and further had functions transferred by S.I. 1968/1699 and S.I. 1996/273. Section 59 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 63 was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 1968/1242.

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