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Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)
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20. For section 30 of the 1949 Act (forbidding of issue of certificate)(), substitute—
“30 Forbidding of issue of marriage schedule
(1) Any person whose consent is required under section 3 in respect of a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule may, after notice of marriage has been given, forbid the issue of the marriage schedule by attending the office of any superintendent registrar in person and informing the superintendent registrar that they forbid the issue of the marriage schedule.
(2) A person informing the superintendent registrar under subsection (1) that they forbid the issue of a marriage schedule must provide the superintendent registrar with—
(a)their name and place of residence;
(b)the capacity, in relation to either of the parties to be married, in which they forbid the issue of the marriage schedule.
(3) When a superintendent registrar is informed under subsection (1) that a person forbids the issue of a marriage schedule, the superintendent registrar must—
(a)as soon as reasonably practicable, record in the marriage register the fact that the person forbids the issue of the marriage schedule and the information provided under subsection (2);
(b)ensure that the information recorded under paragraph (a) is open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.
(4) Where the issue of a marriage schedule has been forbidden under subsection (1) the notice of marriage and all proceedings in relation to it are void unless a court has consented to the marriage concerned under section 3(1)(b).”.
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