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The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 No. 413
Registration of officiants
11.—(1) The Registrar General shall keep a register of persons registered under this Article as empowered to solemnise marriages in Northern Ireland.
(2) The register kept under this Article shall be open to inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times.
(3) The Registrar General shall register a person in respect of whom an application is made under Article 10, except as provided by paragraph (2) of that Article.
(4) Where, following an application made by a religious body under Article 10, a person is registered under this Article, it shall be the duty of that body to notify the Registrar General as soon as practicable of—
(a)the death of that person; or
(b)any change in the information provided in the application,
and the Registrar General shall make such amendments of the register as he considers necessary.
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