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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
4.—(1) The registrar shall keep a record of—
(a)such particulars as may be prescribed, taken from each marriage notice received by him; and
(b)the date on which each marriage notice is received by him.
(2) In this Order “marriage notice book” means the record kept under paragraph (1).
(3) The registrar shall, in accordance with any guidance issued by the Registrar General, place on public display a list containing in relation to each intended marriage in respect of which the registrar has received a marriage notice—
(a)the names of the parties, and
(b)the date of the intended marriage.
(4) As soon as practicable after the date of an intended marriage the registrar shall remove from the list the names and the date relating to it.
(5) Any person claiming that he may have reason to make an objection to an intended marriage may inspect any entry relating to the marriage in the marriage notice book without charge.
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