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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized—
(a)after the publication of banns of matrimony;
(b)on the authority of a special licence of marriage granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the M1Ecclesiastical Licences Act, 1533 (in this Act referred to as a “special licence”);
(c)on the authority of a licence of marriage (other than a special licence) granted by an ecclesiastical authority having power to grant such a licence (in this Act referred to as a “common licence”); or
(d)on the authority of [F1certificates] issued by a superintendent registrar under Part III of this Act
[F2except that paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply in relation to the solemnization of any marriage mentioned in subsection (2) of section 1 of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 5(d) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 5; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F2Words added by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 3
Marginal Citations
No clergyman shall be obliged—
(a)to solemnize a marriage which, apart from the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 [F4or the Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007], would have been void by reason of the relationship of the persons to be married; or
(b)to permit such a marriage to be solemnized in the church or chapel of which he is the minister.]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 5A inserted by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 3
F4Words in s. 5A inserted (1.3.2007) by The Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/438), arts. 1(1), 2(b) (with art. 1(2))
(1)A clergyman is not obliged to solemnise the marriage of a person if the clergyman reasonably believes that the person’s gender has become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
(2)A clerk in Holy Orders of the Church in Wales is not obliged to permit the marriage of a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which the clerk is the minister if the clerk reasonably believes that the person’s gender has become the acquired gender under that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F5S. 5B inserted (4.4.2005) by Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7), s. 26, Sch. 4 para. 3; S.I. 2005/54, art. 2