Marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificateE+W
17 Marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate.E+W
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized on the authority of [F1certificates] of a superintendent registrar in force under Part III of this Act in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published [F2or in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act the place specified in the [F3notices of marriage and certificates] as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized]:
Provided that a marriage shall not be solemnized as aforesaid in any such church or chapel without the consent of the minister thereof or [F4(wherever the marriage is solemnized)] by any person other than a clergyman.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 17 substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 6(a); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F2Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
F3Words in s. 17 substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 3, 6(b); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F4Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)