The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015

4.  In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) in the case of form 11A(w) or 11B(w)—

(i) the parties to the marriage so elect,

(ii) the forms in which notice of the marriage was given by the parties were both completed in Welsh as well as English, and

(iii) the person issuing the marriage schedule can understand and write Welsh;”

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Form 13A(w) in Schedule 1 must be completed in English and must also be completed in Welsh if—

(a) the parties to the marriage so elect and provide the required particulars in both languages, and

(b) the person issuing the marriage document can understand and write Welsh.

(1B) The references in paragraphs (1) and (1A) to the completion of form 11A(w), 11B(w) or 13A(w) are references to—

(a) in the case of form 11A(w) or 11B(w), the entering of particulars in that form for the purposes of issuing a marriage schedule under section 31(2) of the Act;

(b) in the case of form 13A(w), the entering of particulars in that form for the purposes of issuing a marriage document under section 21A(2) of the Act.”