ScheduleMinor and consequential amendments

1Marriage Act 1949

1

The Marriage Act 1949 is amended as follows.

2

In section 16 (provisions as to common licences), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c).

3

In section 25 (void marriages), in subsection (2), in paragraph (c), omit “subsection (3) of section three or”.

4

In section 28 (declaration to accompany notice of marriage), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c).

5

Omit section 30 (forbidding of issue of marriage schedule).

6

In section 31 (marriage under marriage schedule)—

a

in subsection (2)—

i

in paragraph (a) omit “or”;

ii

omit paragraph (b);

b

omit subsection (3A).

7

In section 48 (proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages), in subsection (1), omit paragraph (b).

8

In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages), in subsection (3)—

a

in paragraph (b), at the end insert “or”;

b

omit paragraph (c).