The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)

28.—(1) Section 39A of the 1949 Act (marriage of former civil partners one of whom has changed sex)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4)—

(a) for “certificates” substitute “marriage schedule”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “(4)” substitute “(3)”;

(c) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in subsection (2), for “The superintendent registrar for the registration district in which a marriage is to be solemnized must, once satisfied that any of the conditions in subsection (3) is met,” substitute “As soon as notice of the marriage has been given, the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which a marriage is to be solemnized must”.”.

(3) In subsection (5)—

(a) for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”;

(b) for “entered in the marriage notice book” substitute “recorded in the marriage register”.

(4) In subsection (6), omit “, (2A)”.

(1)

Section 39A was inserted by S.I. 2005/3129.