http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/1994-04-01Marriage Act 1949An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the solemnization and registration of marriages in England with such corrections and improvements as may be authorised under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.1974-12-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-141994-04-01 Part III Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate Issue of certificates Marriages which may be solemnized on authority of superintendent registrar’s certificate.261Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the following marriages may be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar—aa marriage in a registered building according to such form and ceremony as the persons to be married see fit to adopt;ba marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar;ca marriage according to the usages of the Society of Friends (commonly called Quakers);da marriage between two persons professing the Jewish religion according to the usages of the Jews;ddthe marriage (other than a marriage in pursuance of paragraph (c) or (d) above) of a person who is house-bound or is a detained person at the place where he or she usually resides;ea marriage according to the rites of the Church of England in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published.2A marriage on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar may be either by a licence issued by the superintendent registrar or without a licence:Provided that a superintendent registrar shall not issue a licence for a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of subsection (1)(dd) of this section or for a marriage in any church or chapel in which marriages may be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England, or in any church or chapel belonging to the Church of England or licensed for the celebration of divine worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. Notice of marriage.271Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence, notice of marriage in the prescribed form shall be given—aif the persons to be married have resided in the same registration district for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice, by either of those persons to the superintendent registrar of that district;bif the persons to be married have not resided in the same registration district for the said period of seven days as aforesaid, by either of those persons to the superintendent registrar of each registration district in which one of them has resided for that period.2Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized as aforesaid by licence, then, whether the persons to be married reside in the same or in different registration districts, notice of marriage in the prescribed form shall be given by either of those persons to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which one of them has resided for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of the notice, and it shall not be required that notice of marriage shall be given to more than one superintendent registrar.3A notice of marriage shall state the name and surname, marital status, occupation and place of residence of each of the persons to be married and in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, which residence is to be the place of solemnization of the marriage and, in any other case, the church or other building in which the marriage is to be solemnized and—ain the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized without licence, shall state the period, not being less than seven days, during which each of the persons to be married has resided in his or her place of residence;bin the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized by licence, shall state the period, not being less than fifteen days, during which one of the persons to be married has resided in the district in which notice of marriage is given:Provided that if either of the persons to be married has resided in the place stated in the notice for more than one month, the notice may state that he or she has resided there for more than one month.4The superintendent registrar shall file all notices of marriage and keep them with the records of his office, and shall subject to section 27A of this Act also forthwith enter the particulars given in every such notice, together with the date of the notice and the name of the person by whom the notice was given, in a book (in this Act referred to as “the marriage notice book”) furnished to him for that purpose by the Registrar General, and the marriage notice book shall be open for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.5If the persons to be married wish to be married in the presence of a registrar in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed, they shall, at the time when notice of marriage is given to the superintendent registrar under this section, give notice to him that they require a registrar to be present at the marriage.6The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to a fee of £18.00 for every entry made in the marriage notice book under this section.7The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive from any person intending to be married in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act upon whom he attends at a place other than his office in order to be given notice of marriage under this section the sum of £32.00.<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201"> Additional information required in certain cases.</Addition>27A1This section applies in relation to any marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, and in the following provisions of this section that person is referred to as “the relevant person”.2Where the relevant person is not a detained person, the notice of marriage required by section 27 of this Act shall be accompanied by a medical statement relating to that person made not more than fourteen days before the date on which the notice is given.3Where the relevant person is a detained person, the notice of marriage required by section 27 of this Act shall be accompanied by a statement made in the prescribed form by the responsible authority not more than twenty-one days before the date on which notice of the marriage is given under section 27—aidentifying the establishment where the person is detained; andbstating that the responsible authority has no objection to that establishment being specified in the notice of marriage as the place where that marriage is to be solemnized.4The person who gives notice of the marriage to the superintendent registrar in accordance with section 27 of this Act shall give the superintendent registrar the prescribed particulars, in the prescribed form, of the person by or before whom the marriage is intended to be solemnized.5The superintendent registrar shall not enter the particulars given in the notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book until he has received the statement and the particulars required by subsections (2) or (3) and (4) of this section.6The fact that a superintendent registrar has received a statement under subsection (2) or (as the case may be) (3) of this section shall be entered in the marriage notice book together with the particulars given in the notice of marriage and any such statement together with the form received under subsection (4) of this section shall be filed and kept with the records of the office of the superintendent register or, where notice of marriage is required to be given to two superintendent registrars, of either of them.7In this section—medical statement”, in relation to any person, means a statement made in the prescribed form by a registered medical practitioner that in his opinion at the time the statement is made—aby reason of illness or disability, he or she ought not to move or be moved from the place where he or she is at the time, andbit is likely that it will be the case for at least the following three months that by reason of the illness or disability he or she ought not to move or be moved from that place; andregistered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978; andresponsible authority” means—aif the person is detained in a hospital (within the meaning of Part II of the Mental Health Act 1983), the managers of that hospital (within the meaning of section 145(1) of that Act); orbif the person is detained in a prison or other place to which the Prison Act 1952 applies, the governor or other officer for the time being in charge of that prison or other place.<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321"> Provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages.</Addition>27B1This section applies in relation to any marriage mentioned in subsection (2) of section 1 of this Act which is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar.2The superintendent registrar shall not enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book unless—ahe is satisfied by the production of evidence that both the persons to be married have attained the age of twenty-one; andbhe has received a declaration made in the prescribed form by each of those persons, each declaration having been signed and attested in the prescribed manner, specifying their affinal relationship and declaring that the younger of those persons has not at any time before attaining the age of eighteen been a child of the family in relation to the other.3The fact that a superintendent registrar has received a declaration under subsection (2) of this section shall be entered in the marriage notice book together with the particulars given in the notice of marriage and any such declaration shall be filed and kept with the records of the office of the superintendent registrar or, where notice of marriage is required to be given to two superintendent registrars, of each of them.4Where the superintendent registrar receives from some person other than the persons to be married a written statement signed by that person which alleges that the declaration made under subsection (2) of this section is false in a material particular, the superintendent registrar shall not issue a certificate or licence unless a declaration is obtained from the High Court under subsection (5) of this section.5Either of the persons to be married may, whether or not any statement has been received by the superintendent registrar under subsection (4) of this section, apply to the High Court for a declaration that, both those persons having attained the age of twenty-one and the younger of those persons not having at any time before attaining the age of eighteen been a child of the family in relation to the other, there is no impediment of affinity to the solemnization of the marriage; and where such a declaration is obtained the superintendent registrar may enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book and may issue a certificate, or certificate and licence, whether or not any declaration has been made under subsection (2) of this section.6Section 29 of this Act shall not apply in relation to a marriage to which this section applies, except so far as a caveat against the issue of a certificate or licence for the marriage is entered under that section on a ground other than the relationship of the persons to be married.<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381"> Provisions relating to section 1(5) marriages.</Addition>27CIn the case of a marriage mentioned in subsection (4) of section 1 of this Act which by virtue of subsection (5) of that section is valid only if at the time of the marriage both the parties to the marriage have attained the age of twenty-one and the death has taken place of two other persons related to those parties in the manner mentioned in the said subsection (5), the superintendent registrar shall not enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book unless satisfied by the production of evidence—athat both the parties to the marriage have attained the age of twenty-one, andbthat both those other persons are dead. Declaration to accompany notice of marriage. <CommentaryRef Ref="c6281391"/>281No certificate or licence for marriage shall be issued by a superintendent registrar unless the notice of marriage is accompanied by a solemn declaration in writing, in the body or at the foot of the notice, made and signed at the time of the giving of the notice by the person by whom the notice is given and attested as mentioned in subsection (2) of this section—athat he or she believes that there is no impediment of kindred or alliance or other lawful hindrance to the marriage;bin the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized without licence, that the persons to be married have for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice had their usual places of residence within the registration district or registration districts in which notice is given, or, in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized by licence, that one of the persons to be married has for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of the notice had his or her usual place of residence within the registration district in which notice is given;cwhere one of the persons to be married is an infanta child and is not a widower or widow, that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to the marriage is required under section three of this Act has been obtained, that the necessity of obtaining any such consent has been dispensed with under that section, that the court has consented to the marriage under that section, or that there is no person whose consent to the marriage is so required.2Any such declaration as aforesaid shall be signed by the person giving the notice of marriage in the presence of the superintendent registrar to whom the notice is given or his deputy, or in the presence of a registrar of births and deaths or of marriages for the registration district in which the person giving the notice resides or his deputy, and that superintendent registrar, deputy superintendent registrar, registrar or deputy registrar, as the case may be, shall attest the declaration by adding thereto his name, description and place of residence. Power to require evidence.28A1A superintendent registrar to whom a notice of marriage is given under section 27, or any other person attesting a declaration accompanying such a notice, may require the person giving the notice to provide him with specified evidence—arelating to that person; orbif the superintendent registrar considers that the circumstances are exceptional, relating to each of the persons to be married.2Such a requirement may be imposed at any time—aon or after the giving of the notice of marriage; butbbefore the superintendent registrar issues his certificate under section 31.3Specified evidence”, in relation to a person, means such evidence of that person’s—aname and surname,bage,cmarital status, anddnationality,as may be specified in guidance issued by the Registrar General. Caveat against issue of certificate or licence. <CommentaryRef Ref="c6281501"/>291Any person . . . may enter a caveat with the superintendent registrar against the issue of a certificate or licence for the marriage of any person named therein.2If any caveat is entered as aforesaid, the caveat having been signed by or on behalf of the person by whom it was entered and stating his place of residence and the ground of objection on which the caveat is founded, no certificate or licence shall be issued until the superintendent registrar has examined into the matter of the caveat and is satisfied that it ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence, or until the caveat has been withdrawn by the person who entered it; and if the superintendent registrar is doubtful whether to issue a certificate or licence he may refer the matter of the caveat to the Registrar General.3Where a superintendent registrar refuses, by reason of any such caveat as aforesaid, to issue a certificate or licence, the person applying therefor may appeal to the Registrar General who shall either confirm the refusal or direct that a certificate or licence shall be issued.4Any person who enters a caveat against the issue of a certificate or licence on grounds which the Registrar General declares to be frivolous and to be such that they ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence, shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings before the Registrar General and for damages recoverable by the person against whose marriage the caveat was entered.5For the purpose of enabling any person to recover any such costs and damages as aforesaid, a copy of the declaration of the Registrar General purporting to be sealed with the seal of the General Register Office shall be evidence that the Registrar General has declared the caveat to have been entered on grounds which are frivolous and such that they ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence. Forbidding of issue of certificate.30Any person whose consent to a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar is required under section three of this Act may forbid the issue of such a certificate by writing, at any time before the issue of the certificate, the word “forbidden” opposite to the entry of the notice of marriage in the marriage notice book, and by subscribing thereto his name and place of residence and the capacity, in relation to either of the persons to be married, in which he forbids the issue of the certificate; and where the issue of a certificate has been so forbidden, the notice of marriage and all proceedings thereon shall be void:Provided that where, by virtue of paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section three, the court has consented to a marriage and the consent of the court has the same effect as if it had been given by a person whose consent has been refused, that person shall not be entitled to forbid the issue of a certificate for that marriage under this section, and the notice of marriage and the proceedings thereon shall not be void by virtue of this section. Marriage under certificate without licence.311Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence, the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage has been given shall suspend or affix in some conspicuous place in his office, for twenty-one successive days next after the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage book, the notice of marriage, or an exact copy signed by him of the particulars thereof as entered in the marriage notice book.2At the expiration of the said period of twenty-one days the superintendent registrar, on the request of the person by whom the notice of marriage was given, shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form unless—aany lawful impediment to the issue of the certificate has been shown to the satisfaction of the superintendent registrar; orbthe issue of the certificate has been forbidden under the last foregoing section by any person authorised in that behalf.3Every such certificate shall set out the particulars contained in the notice of marriage and the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book and shall contain a statement that the issue of the certificate has not been forbidden as aforesaid.4No marriage shall be solemnized on the production of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence until after the expiration of the said period of twenty-one days.5Where a marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice requiring a registrar to be present at the marriage has been given to the superintendent registrar under subsection (5) of section twenty-seven of this Act, the superintendent registrar shall, when issuing a certificate under this section, give to one of the persons to be married printed instructions in the prescribed form for the due solemnization of the marriage.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a).31A1If, relying on section 31(2)(a), a superintendent registrar refuses to issue a certificate, the person applying for it may appeal to the Registrar General.2On such an appeal, the Registrar General must—aconfirm the refusal; orbdirect that a certificate be issued.3If—arelying on section 31(2)(a), a superintendent registrar refuses to issue a certificate as a result of a representation made to him, andbon an appeal against the refusal, the Registrar General declares the representation to have been frivolous and to be such that it ought not to obstruct the issue of a certificate,the person making the representation is liable for the costs of the proceedings before the Registrar General and for damages recoverable by the applicant for the certificate.4For the purpose of enabling a person to recover any such costs and damages, a copy of the declaration of the Registrar General purporting to be sealed with the seal of the General Register Office is evidence that the Registrar General has declared the representation to have been frivolous and to be such that it ought not to obstruct the issue of a certificate. Marriage under certificate by licence.321Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar by licence, the person by whom notice of marriage is given shall state in the notice that the marriage is intended to be solemnized by licence, and the notice shall not be suspended in the office of the superintendent registrar.2Where a notice of marriage containing such a statement as aforesaid has been received by a superintendent registrar, then, after the expiration of one whole day next after the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book, the superintendent registrar, on the request of the person by whom the notice was given, shall issue a certificate and a licence in the prescribed form unless—aany lawful impediment to the issue of the certificate has been shown to the satisfaction of the superintendent registrar; orbthe issue of the certificate has been forbidden under section thirty of this Act by any person authorised in that behalf.3Every such certificate shall set out the particulars contained in the notice of marriage and the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book, and shall contain a statement that the issue of the certificate has not been forbidden as aforesaid.4Where a marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice requiring a registrar to be present at the marriage has been given to the superintendent registrar under subsection (5) of section twenty-seven of this Act, the superintendent registrar shall, when issuing a certificate and licence under this section, give to one of the persons to be married printed instructions in the prescribed form for the due solemnization of the marriage.5 A superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive for every certificate issued by him under this section a fee of one shilling and sixpence and for every licence so issued the sum of £45.00 over and above the amount paid for the stamps necessary on the issue of the licence.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period of validity of certificate and licence.331A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, whether by licence or without licence, at any time within three months from the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book.2If the marriage is not solemnized within the said period of three months, the notice of marriage and the certificate, and any licence which may have been granted thereon, shall be void, and no person shall solemnize the marriage on the authority thereof. Marriages normally to be solemnized in registration district in which one of parties resides.34Subject to the provisions of the next following section, a superintendent registrar shall not issue a certificate for the solemnization of a marriage in a building which is notelsewhere than within a registration district in which one of the persons to be married has resided, in the case of a marriage without licence, for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice of marriage or, in the case of a marriage by licence, for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of that notice. Marriages in registration district in which neither party resides.351A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate, or if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage in a registered building which is not within a registration district in which either of the persons to be married resides, where the person giving the notice of marriage declares by endorsement thereon in the prescribed form— athat the persons to be married desire the marriage to be solemnized according to a specified form, rite or ceremony, being a form, rite or ceremony of a body or denomination of christians or other persons meeting for religious worship to which one of them professes to belong.bthat, to the best of his or her belief, there is not within the registration district in which one of them resides any registered building in which marriage is solemnized according to that form, rite or ceremony;cthe registration district nearest to the residence of that person in which there is a registered building in which marriage may be so solemnized; anddthe registered building in that district in which the marriage is intended to be solemnized;and where any such certificate or certificate and licence is issued, the marriage may be solemnized in the registered building stated in the notice.2A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate or, if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage in a registered building which is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married, or of one of them, notwithstanding that the building is not within a registration district in which either of those persons resides.3A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate for the solemnization of a marriage in any parish church or authorised chapel which is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married, or of one of them, notwithstanding that the church or chapel is not within a registration district in which either of those persons resides.4A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate or, if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage according to the usages of the Society of Friends or in accordance with the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, notwithstanding that the building or place in which the marriage is to be solemnized is not within a registration district in which either of the persons to be married resides.5Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar issued under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section, the notice of marriage given to the superintendent registrar and the certificate issued by the superintendent registrar shall state, in addition to the description of the registered building or, as the case may be, the parish church or authorised chapel, in which the marriage is to be solemnized, that it is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married or of one of them and, in the latter case, shall state the name of the person whose usual place of worship it is. Superintendent registrar to issue licences only for marriages to be solemnized in his registration district.36Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing section, a superintendent registrar shall not issue a licence for the solemnization of a marriage—ain a registered building which is not within his registration district;bin the office of any other superintendent registrar. One party resident in Scotland.371Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in Scotland and the other is residing in England, the following provisions shall have effect— athe party residing in Scotland may give notice of the intended marriage in accordance with section 7 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;bthe party residing in England may, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven 27A and twenty-eight of this Act, give notice of the intended marriage as if both parties were residing in different registration districts in England, and the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to notices of marriage and the issue of certificates for marriage shall apply accordingly;ca certificate issued under section 7(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to a party shall, for the purpose of that party’s intended marriage, have the like force and effect in all respects as a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar under this Part of this Act;dfor the purposes of section thirty-three of this Act the notice given in Scotland shall be deemed to have been entered in a marriage notice book by a superintendent registrar in England on the day on which it was given.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One party resident in Northern Ireland.381Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in Northern Ireland and the other is residing in England, the party residing in Northern Ireland may give notice of marriage in the form used for that purpose in Northern Ireland or to the like effect to the registrar of the district in Northern Ireland in which he or she has resided for not less than seven days immediately before the giving of the notice.2Any such notice as aforesaid shall state the name and surname, marital status, occupation, age and place of residence of each of the persons to be married and the period, not being less than seven days, during which each of them has resided in that place and the church or other building in whichplace where the marriage is to be solemnized:Provided that if either of the persons to be married has resided in the place stated in the notice for more than one month, the notice may state that he or she has resided there for more than one month.3Any such notice as aforesaid shall be dealt with, and a certificate for marriage issued by the registrar, in the manner prescribed by the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, as amended by the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1846, and the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863:Provided that the registrar shall not issue a certificate until the expiration of twenty-one days from the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book required to be kept under the said Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.4The production to the person by whom the marriage is to be solemnized of a certificate issued under the last foregoing subsection shall be as valid for authorising that person to solemnize the marriage as the production of a certificate for marriage of a superintendent registrar of a registration district in England would be in the case of a person residing in that district. Issue of certificates on board His Majesty’s ships.391Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in England and the other is an officer, seaman, or marine borne on the books of one of His Majesty’s ships at sea, the last-mentioned party may give notice of his intention to the captain or other officer commanding the ship, together with the name and address of the other party to the marriage, and such other information as may be necessary to enable the captain or other officer to fill up a certificate under this section, and shall at the same time make and sign such a declaration as is required by section twenty-eight of this Act, and the captain or other officer may attest the declaration and thereupon issue a certificate to the officer, seaman or marine giving the notice.2A certificate issued under this section shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Admiralty and shall have the like force and effect as a certificate issued by a superintendent registrar under this Part of this Act, and all provisions of this Act (including penal provisions but excluding sections 27A and 27B) relating to notices and declarations for obtaining certificates from superintendent registrars and to such certificates shall apply in the case of certificates issued under this section, subject to such adaptations therein as may be made by His Majesty by Order in Council.3Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England as aforesaid and a certificate has been issued to one of the parties under this section, the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the other party is residing may accept notice of marriage given by that party, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven 27A and twenty-eight of this Act, as if both parties were residing in different registration districts in England, and the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to notices of marriage and the issue of certificates for marriage shall apply accordingly. Forms of certificates to be furnished by Registrar General.401The Registrar General shall furnish to every superintendent registrar a sufficient number of forms of certificates for marriage.2In order to distinguish the certificates to be issued for marriages by licence from the certificates to be issued for marriages without licence, a watermark in the form of the word “licence”, in Roman letters, shall be laid and manufactured in the substance of the paper on which the certificates to be issued for marriage by licence are written or printed, and every certificate to be issued for marriage by licence shall be printed with red ink and every certificate to be issued for marriage without licence shall be printed with black ink, and such other distinctive marks between the two kinds of certificates as the Registrar General may from time to time think fit shall be used. Marriages in registered buildings Registration of buildings.411Any proprietor or trustee of a . . . building, which has been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship may apply to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated for the building to be registered for the solemnization of marriages therein.2Any person making such an application as aforesaid shall deliver to the superintendent registrar a certificate, signed in duplicate by at least twenty householders and dated not earlier than one month before the making of the application, stating that the building is being used by them as their usual place of public religious worship and that they desire that the building should be registered as aforesaid, and both certificates shall be countersigned by the proprietor or trustee by whom they are delivered.3The superintendent registrar shall send both certificates delivered to him under the last foregoing subsection to the Registrar General who shall register the building in a book to be kept for that purpose in the General Register Office.4The Registrar General shall endorse on both certificates sent to him as aforesaid the date of the registration, and shall keep one certificate with the records of the General Register Office and shall return the other certificate to the superintendent registrar who shall keep it with the records of his office.5On the return of the certificate under the last foregoing subsection, the superintendent registrar shall—aenter the date of the registration of the building in a book to be provided for that purpose by the Registrar General;bgive a certificate of the registration signed by him, on durable materials, to the proprietor or trustee by whom the certificates delivered to him under subsection (2) of this section were countersigned; andcgive public notice of the registration of the building by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the county in which the building is situated and in the London Gazette.6For every entry, certificate and notice made or given under the last foregoing subsection the superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive, at the time of the delivery of the certificates under subsection (2) of this section, the sum of £90.007A building may be registered for the solemnization of marriages under this section whether it is a separate building or forms part of another building. Cancellation of registration and substitution of another building.421Where, on an application made by or through the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that a registered building is no longer used for the purpose of public religious worship by the congregation on whose behalf it was registered, he shall cause the registration to be cancelled . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Where the Registrar General cancels the registration of any building, . . . , under this section, he shall inform the superintendent registrar who shall enter that fact and the date thereof in the book provided for the registration of buildings, and shall certify and publish the cancellation . . . , in the manner provided by subsection (5) of the last foregoing section in the case of the . . . registration of a building.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Where the registration of any building has been cancelled, . . . under this section, it shall not be lawful to solemnize any marriage in the disused building, unless the building has been registered again in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act. Appointment of authorised persons.431For the purpose of enabling marriages to be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the trustees or governing body of that building may authorise a person to be present at the solemnization of marriages in that building and, where a person is so authorised in respect of any registered building, the trustees or governing body of that building shall, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, certify the name and address of the person so authorised to the Registrar General and to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated.Provided that, in relation to a building which becomes registered after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, the power conferred by this subsection to authorise a person to be present as aforesaid shall not be exercisable before the expiration of one year from the date of registration of the building or, where the congregation on whose behalf the building is registered previously used for the purpose of public religious worship another building of which the registration has been cancelled not earlier than one month before the date of registration aforesaid, one year from the date of registration of that other building.2Any person whose name and address have been certified as aforesaid is in this Act referred to as an “authorised person”.3Nothing in this section shall be taken to relate or have any reference to marriages solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends or of persons professing the Jewish religion. Solemnization of marriage in registered building.441Subject to the provisions of this section, where a notice of marriage and certificate issued by a superintendent registrar state that a marriage between the persons named therein is intended to be solemnized in a registered building, the marriage may be solemnized in that building according to such form and ceremony as those persons may see fit to adopt:Provided that no marriage shall be solemnized in any registered building without the consent of the minister or of one of the trustees, owners, deacons or managers thereof, or in the case of a registered building of the Roman Catholic Church, without the consent of the officiating minister thereof.2Subject to the provisions of this section, a marriage solemnized in a registered building shall be solemnized with open doors in the presence of two or more witnesses and in the presence of either—aa registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated, orban authorised person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with the last foregoing section by the trustees or governing body of that registered building or of some other registered building in the same registration district.3Where a marriage is solemnized in a registered building each of the persons contracting the marriage shall, in some part of the ceremony and in the presence of the witnesses and the registrar or authorised person, make the following declaration:— “I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I,AB, may not be joined in matrimony toCDand each of them shall say to the other:— “I call upon these persons here present to witness that I,AB, do take thee,CD, to be my lawful wedded wife [orhusband]”:Provided that if the marriage is solemnized in the presence of an authorised person without the presence of a registrar, the persons to be married, instead of saying each to the other the last-mentioned form of words, may say:— “I,AB, do take thee,CD, to be my wedded wife [orhusband]”.4A marriage shall not be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar until duplicate marriage register books have been supplied by the Registrar General under Part IV of this Act to the authorised person or to the trustees or governing body of the building.5If the Registrar General is not satisfied with respect to any building registered or proposed to be registered for the solemnization of marriages therein that sufficient security exists for the due registration of marriages by an authorised person under Part IV of this Act and for the safe custody of marriage register books, he may in his discretion attach to the continuance of the registration, or to the registration, of the building a condition that no marriage may be solemnized therein without the presence of a registrar. Marriages in register offices Solemnization of marriage in register office.451Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the persons to be married may state in the notice of marriage that they wish to be married in the office of the superintendent registrar or one of the superintendent registrars, as the case may be, to whom notice of marriage is given, and where any such notice has been given and the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, has or have been issued accordingly, the marriage may be solemnized in the said office, with open doors, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of the last foregoing section in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.2No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar.<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161"> Solemnization of certain marriages.</Addition>45A1This section applies to marriages solemnized, otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England, in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act at the place where a person usually resides.2The marriage may be solemnized according to a relevant form, rite or ceremony in the presence of a registrar of the registration district in which the place where the marriage is solemnized is situated and of two witnesses and each of the persons contracting the marriage shall make the declaration and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of section 44 of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.3Where the marriage is not solemnized in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section it shall be solemnized in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district in which the place where the marriage is solemnized is situated and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of section 44 of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.4No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the presence of a superintendent registrar.5In subsection (2) of this section a “relevant form, rite or ceremony” means a form, rite or ceremony of a body of persons who meet for religious worship in any registered building being a form, rite or ceremony in accordance with which members of that body are married in any such registered building. Register office marriage followed by religious ceremony.461If the parties to a marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrarsolemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar desire to add the religious ceremony ordained or used by the church or persuasion of which they are members, they may present themselves, after giving notice of their intention so to do, to the clergyman or minister of the church or persuasion of which they are members, and the clergyman or minister, upon the production of a certificate of their marriage before the superintendent registrar and upon the payment of the customary fees (if any), may, if he sees fit, read or celebrate in the church or chapel of which he is the regular minister the marriage service of the church or persuasion to which be belongs or nominate some other minister to do so.2Nothing in the reading or celebration of a marriage service under this section shall supersede or invalidate any marriage previously solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrarsolemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar, and the reading or celebration shall not be entered as a marriage in any marriage register book kept under Part IV of this Act.3No person who is not entitled to solemnize marriages according to the rites of the Church of England shall by virtue of this section be entitled to read or celebrate the marriage service in any church or chapel of the Church of England.<Addition ChangeId="d29p2905" CommentaryRef="c6283261"> Marriages on approved premises</Addition> Approval of premises.46A1The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the approval by local authorities of premises for the solemnization of marriages in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act.2The matters dealt with by the regulations may include—athe kinds of premises in respect of which approvals may be granted;bthe procedure to be followed in relation to applications for approval;cthe considerations to be taken into account by a local authority in determining whether to approve any premises;dthe duration and renewal of approvals;ethe conditions that must or may be imposed by a local authority on granting or renewing an approval;fthe determination and charging by local authorities of fees in respect of applications for the approval of premises and in respect of the renewal of approvals;gthe circumstances in which a local authority must or may revoke an approval;hthe review of any decision to refuse an approval or the renewal of an approval, to impose conditions on granting or renewing an approval or to revoke an approval;ithe notification to the Registrar General of all approvals granted, renewed or revoked;jthe keeping by local authorities of registers of approved premises;kthe issue by the Registrar General of guidance supplementing the provision made by the regulations.3In this section “local authority” means a county council, metropolitan district council or London borough council.4Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.5Any regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. Solemnization of marriage on approved premises.46B1Any marriage on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act shall be solemnized in the presence of—atwo witnesses, andbthe superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated.2Without prejudice to the width of section 46A(2)(e) of this Act, the Secretary of State shall exercise his power to provide for the imposition of conditions as there mentioned so as to secure that members of the public are permitted to attend any marriage solemnized on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act.3Each of the persons contracting such a marriage shall make the declaration and use the form of words set out in section 44(3) of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.4No religious service shall be used at a marriage on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act. Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends.471No person who is not a member of the Society of Friends shall be married according to the usages of that Society unless he or she is authorised to be so married under or in pursuance of a general rule of the said Society in England.2A marriage solemnized according to the said usages shall not be valid unless either—athe person giving notice of marriage declares, either verbally or, if so required, in writing, that each of the parties to the marriage is either a member of the Society of Friends or is in profession with or of the persuasion of that Society; orbthere is produced to the superintendent registrar, at the time when notice of marriage is given, a certificate purporting to be signed by a registering officer of the Society of Friends in England to the effect that any party to the marriage who is not a member of the Society of Friends or in profession with or of the persuasion of that Society, is authorised to be married according to the said usages under or in pursuance of a general rule of the said Society in England.3Any such certificate as aforesaid shall be for all purposes conclusive evidence that any person to whom it relates is authorised to be married according to the usages of the said Society, and the entry of the marriage in a marriage register book under Part IV of this Act, or a certified copy thereof made under the said Part IV, shall be conclusive evidence of the production of such a certificate.4A copy of any general rule of the Society of Friends purporting to be signed by the recording clerk for the time being of the said Society in London shall be admitted as evidence of the general rule in all proceedings touching the validity of any marriage solemnized according to the usages of the said Society. Miscellaneous Provisions Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages. <CommentaryRef Ref="c6283431"/>481Where any marriage has been solemnized under the provisions of this Part of this Act, it shall not be necessary in support of the marriage to give any proof—athat before the marriage either of the parties thereto resided, or resided for any period, in the registration district stated in the notice of marriage to be that of his or her place of residence;bthat any person whose consent to the marriage was required by section three of this Act had given his consent;cthat the registered building in which the marriage was solemnized had been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship;dthat that building was the usual place of worship of either of the parties to the marriage; orethat the facts stated in a declaration made under subsection (1) of section thirty-five of this Act were correct;nor shall any evidence be given to prove the contrary in any proceedings touching the validity of the marriage.2A marriage solemnized in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act in a registered building which has not been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship shall be as valid as if the building had been so certified. Void marriages. <CommentaryRef Ref="c6283461"/>49If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act—awithout having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar;bwithout a certificate for marriage having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage was given;cwithout a licence having been so issued, in a case in which a licence is necessary;don the authority of a certificate which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;ein any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the notice of marriage and certificate of the superintendent registrar;fin the case of a marrige in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; orgin the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superinentdent registrar; orhin the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section;the marriage shall be void. Person to whom certificate to be delivered.501Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the certificate or, if notice of marriage has been given to more than one superintendent registrar, the certificates shall be delivered to the following person, that is to say:—aif the marrige is to be solemnized in a registered building or at a person’s residence in the presence of a registrar, that registrar;bif the marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the authorised person in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized;cif the marriage is to be solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar, the registrar in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized;dif the marriage is to be solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends, the registering officer of that Society for the place where the marriage is to be solemnized;eif the marriage is to be solemnized according to the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, the officer of a synagogue by whom the marriage is required to be registered under Part IV of this Act;fif the marriage is to be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England, the officiating clergyman.2In the application of the last foregoing subsection to a marriage solemnized otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England, the reference therein to a certificate shall, if the marriage is by licence, be construed as a reference to the certificate and licence.3Where a marriage is solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, shall be kept in the prescribed custody and shall be produced with the marriage register books kept by the authorised person under Part IV of this Act as and when required by the Registrar General. Fees of registrars for attending marriages.511A registrar shall be entitled to receive from persons married under this Part of this Act in his presence the sum of £1.50 if the marriage is by licence and, in any other case, the sum of £1.50.2A superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive from persons married in his presence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act the sum of £32.00. Provision for marriages in Welsh language.52The Registrar General shall furnish to every registrar in Wales and in every place in which the Welsh language is commonly used a true and exact translation into the Welsh language of the declaration and form of words required to be used under section forty-four of this Act, and the said translation may be used in any place in which the Welsh language is commonly used in the same manner as is prescribed by the said section forty-four for the use of the declaration and form of words in the English language.Ss. 27B, 27C inserted (E.W.) by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 5S. 28A and sidenote inserted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 162(1); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2S. 31A and sidenote inserted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 163(2); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2Words repealed by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(1)S. 42(2)(4) repealed by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(1)Proviso added by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(2)Words “solemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar” substituted (E.W.) for words “solemnized in the office of a superintendant registrar” by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 12S. 46(2)(3) applied by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 11(2)Ss. 46A, 46B and cross-heading inserted (24.2.1995) by 1994 c. 34, ss. 1(2), 3(2); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(1)(a)Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)S. 26(1)(dd) inserted(E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)S. 26(2) excluded by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(3)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(a)S. 27(4) applied by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 2(2)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(b)Fee in s. 27(6) substituted (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2,Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982) (which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4)S. 27(7) inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(c)Fee in s. 27(7) substituted (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2,Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982) (which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4)S. 27A inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 61978 c. 30 (115:1). 1983 c. 20 (85). 1952 c. 52 (39:1). Ss. 27B, 27C inserted (E.W.) by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 5S. 28 except para. 1(b) applied with modification by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 2(3)S. 28(1) applied with modification by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(2)(c)Words “a child” substituted (E.W.) for words “an infant” by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42 SIF 49:7), ss. 33(1), 34(2)(5), Sch. 2 para. 9S. 29 applied with modification by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 5Words repealed by S.I. 1968/1242S. 31(6) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242S. 32(5): By S.I. 1968/1242, art. 4(2), it is provided that the fee payable for the issue of a certificate for marriage under s. 32(5) shall cease to be payable.Words in s. 32(5) substituted by Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Sch. 1, para. 7.Fee in s. 32(5) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2,Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982 and which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4); and that same fee payable (1.2.1995) by virtue of S.I. 1994/3257, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3162, art. 3); and that same fee payable (1.4.1996) by virtue of S.I. 1995/3162, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3152, art. 3); and that same fee payable (1.4.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1996/3152, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/2939, art. 3)S. 32(6) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. VIWords “elsewhere than” substituted (E.W.) for “in a building which is not” by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 7S. 35(1)(a) substituted by Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 47), s. 2S. 35(2) substituted by Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 47), s. 1S. 37(1)(a) substituted by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2), Sch. 2 para. 4(a) (subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 8S. 37(1)(c) substituted by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2), s. 28(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(b) (subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)S. 37(2) repealed by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2), s. 28(2), Sch. 3 (subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)Words “place where” substituted (E.W.) for words “church or other building in which” by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 91844 c. 81. 1846 c. 72. 1863 c. 27. Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 10(a)Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para. 6(a)Words “excluding section 27A” substituted (E.W.) for words “excluding sections 27A and 27B” as provided by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(6), Sch. 1 para. 6(b)Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 10(b)Word repealed by Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33, SIF 49:1), s. 1(1)S. 41(2) substituted by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(1)(a)Fee in 41(6) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2,Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982 and which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by S.I. 1994/3257, art. 4)S. 41(7) substituted by Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33, SIF 49:1), s. 1(1)S. 44(3) applied by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 10(3)S. 45A inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 11S. 48 applied with modifications by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 12S. 49 applied (with modifications) by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 13S. 49(h) and word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 13Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 14S. 51(1): by S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2, Sch. (which S.I. revokes S.I. 1992/2982) it is provided (1.4.1994) that the fee of registrar for attending marriage - (i) at a register office is £19.00 and (ii) at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides is £31.00 and that s. 51(1) shall have effect accordingly. “(1)” inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 15Figures substituted by S.I. 1972/911S. 51(2) added (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 15Fee in s. 51(2) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of S.I. 1993/3116, arts. 1, 2, Sch.S. 46A inserted (24.2.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(2); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(1)(a)S. 46B inserted (in force for specified purposes on 24.2.1995 and 1.4.1995 respectively) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(2); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(1)(a)(2)(b)
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<Title> Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate</Title>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized as aforesaid by licence, then, whether the persons to be married reside in the same or in different registration districts, notice of marriage in the prescribed form shall be given by either of those persons to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which one of them has resided for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of the notice, and it shall not be required that notice of marriage shall be given to more than one superintendent registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3" id="section-27-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
A notice of marriage shall state the name and surname, marital status, occupation and place of residence of each of the persons to be married and
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13942" CommentaryRef="c6280571">in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, which residence is to be the place of solemnization of the marriage and, in any other case,</Addition>
the church or other building in which the marriage is to be solemnized and—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3/a" id="section-27-3-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized without licence, shall state the period, not being less than seven days, during which each of the persons to be married has resided in his or her place of residence;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/3/b" id="section-27-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized by licence, shall state the period, not being less than fifteen days, during which one of the persons to be married has resided in the district in which notice of marriage is given:</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>Provided that if either of the persons to be married has resided in the place stated in the notice for more than one month, the notice may state that he or she has resided there for more than one month.</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/4" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-27-4" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6280581"/>
4
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The superintendent registrar shall file all notices of marriage and keep them with the records of his office, and shall
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13969" CommentaryRef="c6280591">subject to section 27A of this Act</Addition>
also forthwith enter the particulars given in every such notice, together with the date of the notice and the name of the person by whom the notice was given, in a book (in this Act referred to as “
<Term id="term-the-marriage-notice-book">the marriage notice book</Term>
”) furnished to him for that purpose by the Registrar General, and the marriage notice book shall be open for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/5" id="section-27-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the persons to be married wish to be married in the presence of a registrar in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed, they shall, at the time when notice of marriage is given to the superintendent registrar under this section, give notice to him that they require a registrar to be present at the marriage.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/6" id="section-27-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to a fee of
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13988" CommentaryRef="c6280601">£18.00</Addition>
for every entry made in the marriage notice book under this section.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/7/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/7" id="section-27-7">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">7</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive from any person intending to be married in pursuance of section 26(1)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">dd</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">) of this Act upon whom he attends at a place other than his office in order to be given notice of marriage under this section the sum of </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14002" CommentaryRef="c6280621">£32.00</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p13992" CommentaryRef="c6280611">.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201"> Additional information required in certain cases.</Addition>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A" id="section-27A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">27A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/1" id="section-27A-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">This section applies in relation to any marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">dd</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">) of this Act, and in the following provisions of this section that person is referred to as “the relevant person”.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/2" id="section-27A-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">Where the relevant person is not a detained person, the notice of marriage required by section 27 of this Act shall be accompanied by a medical statement relating to that person made not more than fourteen days before the date on which the notice is given.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3" id="section-27A-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">Where the relevant person is a detained person, the notice of marriage required by section 27 of this Act shall be accompanied by a statement made in the prescribed form by the responsible authority not more than twenty-one days before the date on which notice of the marriage is given under section 27—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3/a" id="section-27A-3-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">identifying the establishment where the person is detained; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/3/b" id="section-27A-3-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">stating that the responsible authority has no objection to that establishment being specified in the notice of marriage as the place where that marriage is to be solemnized.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/4" id="section-27A-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">The person who gives notice of the marriage to the superintendent registrar in accordance with section 27 of this Act shall give the superintendent registrar the prescribed particulars, in the prescribed form, of the person by or before whom the marriage is intended to be solemnized.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/5" id="section-27A-5">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">5</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">The superintendent registrar shall not enter the particulars given in the notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book until he has received the statement and the particulars required by subsections (2) or (3) and (4) of this section.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/6" id="section-27A-6">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">6</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">The fact that a superintendent registrar has received a statement under subsection (2) or (as the case may be) (3) of this section shall be entered in the marriage notice book together with the particulars given in the notice of marriage and any such statement together with the form received under subsection (4) of this section shall be filed and kept with the records of the office of the superintendent register or, where notice of marriage is required to be given to two superintendent registrars, of either of them.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/7/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A/7" id="section-27A-7">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">7</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">In this section—</Addition>
</Text>
<UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201"></Addition>
<Term id="term-medical-statement">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">medical statement</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">”, in relation to any person, means a statement made in the prescribed form by a registered medical practitioner that in his opinion at the time the statement is made—</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/an1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/an1" id="part-III-crossheading-issue-of-certificates_section-27A-7-an1" shortId="section-27A-7-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">by reason of illness or disability, he or she ought not to move or be moved from the place where he or she is at the time, and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/bn1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/bn1" id="part-III-crossheading-issue-of-certificates_section-27A-7-bn1" shortId="section-27A-7-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">it is likely that it will be the case for at least the following three months that by reason of the illness or disability he or she ought not to move or be moved from that place; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201"></Addition>
<Term id="term-registered-medical-practitioner">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">registered medical practitioner</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281211"/>
1978; and
</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201"></Addition>
<Term id="term-responsible-authority">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">responsible authority</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">” means—</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/an2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/an2" id="part-III-crossheading-issue-of-certificates_section-27A-7-an2" shortId="section-27A-7-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">if the person is detained in a hospital (within the meaning of Part II of the Mental Health Act </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281221"/>
1983), the managers of that hospital (within the meaning of section 145(1) of that Act); or
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/bn2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/issue-of-certificates/section/27A/7/bn2" id="part-III-crossheading-issue-of-certificates_section-27A-7-bn2" shortId="section-27A-7-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">if the person is detained in a prison or other place to which the Prison Act </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14653" CommentaryRef="c6281201">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281231"/>
1952 applies, the governor or other officer for the time being in charge of that prison or other place.
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321"> Provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages.</Addition>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B" id="section-27B">
<Pnumber PuncAfter="">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">27B</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/1" id="section-27B-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">This section applies in relation to any marriage mentioned in subsection (2) of section 1 of this Act which is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2" id="section-27B-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">The superintendent registrar shall not enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book unless—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2/a" id="section-27B-2-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">he is satisfied by the production of evidence that both the persons to be married have attained the age of twenty-one; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/2/b" id="section-27B-2-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">he has received a declaration made in the prescribed form by each of those persons, each declaration having been signed and attested in the prescribed manner, specifying their affinal relationship and declaring that the younger of those persons has not at any time before attaining the age of eighteen been a child of the family in relation to the other.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/3" id="section-27B-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">The fact that a superintendent registrar has received a declaration under subsection (2) of this section shall be entered in the marriage notice book together with the particulars given in the notice of marriage and any such declaration shall be filed and kept with the records of the office of the superintendent registrar or, where notice of marriage is required to be given to two superintendent registrars, of each of them.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/4" id="section-27B-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">Where the superintendent registrar receives from some person other than the persons to be married a written statement signed by that person which alleges that the declaration made under subsection (2) of this section is false in a material particular, the superintendent registrar shall not issue a certificate or licence unless a declaration is obtained from the High Court under subsection (5) of this section.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/5" id="section-27B-5">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">5</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">Either of the persons to be married may, whether or not any statement has been received by the superintendent registrar under subsection (4) of this section, apply to the High Court for a declaration that, both those persons having attained the age of twenty-one and the younger of those persons not having at any time before attaining the age of eighteen been a child of the family in relation to the other, there is no impediment of affinity to the solemnization of the marriage; and where such a declaration is obtained the superintendent registrar may enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book and may issue a certificate, or certificate and licence, whether or not any declaration has been made under subsection (2) of this section.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B/6" id="section-27B-6">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">6</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14774" CommentaryRef="c6281321">Section 29 of this Act shall not apply in relation to a marriage to which this section applies, except so far as a caveat against the issue of a certificate or licence for the marriage is entered under that section on a ground other than the relationship of the persons to be married.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381"> Provisions relating to section 1(5) marriages.</Addition>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C" id="section-27C">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">27C</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">In the case of a marriage mentioned in subsection (4) of section 1 of this Act which by virtue of subsection (5) of that section is valid only if at the time of the marriage both the parties to the marriage have attained the age of twenty-one and the death has taken place of two other persons related to those parties in the manner mentioned in the said subsection (5), the superintendent registrar shall not enter notice of the marriage in the marriage notice book unless satisfied by the production of evidence—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C/a" id="section-27C-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">that both the parties to the marriage have attained the age of twenty-one, and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C/b" id="section-27C-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1582" CommentaryRef="c6281381">that both those other persons are dead.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
Declaration to accompany notice of marriage.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281391"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28" id="section-28">
<Pnumber>28</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1" id="section-28-1">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281401"/>
1
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No certificate or licence for marriage shall be issued by a superintendent registrar unless the notice of marriage is accompanied by a solemn declaration in writing, in the body or at the foot of the notice, made and signed at the time of the giving of the notice by the person by whom the notice is given and attested as mentioned in subsection (2) of this section—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/a" id="section-28-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that he or she believes that there is no impediment of kindred or alliance or other lawful hindrance to the marriage;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/b" id="section-28-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized without licence, that the persons to be married have for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice had their usual places of residence within the registration district or registration districts in which notice is given, or, in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized by licence, that one of the persons to be married has for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of the notice had his or her usual place of residence within the registration district in which notice is given;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1/c" id="section-28-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
where one of the persons to be married is
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14865" CommentaryRef="c6281411">an infant</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14868" CommentaryRef="c6281411">a child</Addition>
and is not a widower or widow, that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to the marriage is required under section three of this Act has been obtained, that the necessity of obtaining any such consent has been dispensed with under that section, that the court has consented to the marriage under that section, or that there is no person whose consent to the marriage is so required.
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/2" id="section-28-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any such declaration as aforesaid shall be signed by the person giving the notice of marriage in the presence of the superintendent registrar to whom the notice is given or his deputy, or in the presence of a registrar of births and deaths or of marriages for the registration district in which the person giving the notice resides or his deputy, and that superintendent registrar, deputy superintendent registrar, registrar or deputy registrar, as the case may be, shall attest the declaration by adding thereto his name, description and place of residence.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" RestrictStartDate="2001-01-01" Match="false" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Power to require evidence.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A" id="section-28A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">28A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1" id="section-28A-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">A superintendent registrar to whom a notice of marriage is given under section 27, or any other person attesting a declaration accompanying such a notice, may require the person giving the notice to provide him with specified evidence—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1/a" id="section-28A-1-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">relating to that person; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/1/b" id="section-28A-1-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">if the superintendent registrar considers that the circumstances are exceptional, relating to each of the persons to be married.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2" RestrictEndDate="2014-03-13" id="section-28A-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">Such a requirement may be imposed at any time—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2/a" id="section-28A-2-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">on or after the giving of the notice of marriage; but</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/2/b" id="section-28A-2-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">before the superintendent registrar issues his certificate under section 31.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3" id="section-28A-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491"></Addition>
<Term id="term-specified-evidence">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">Specified evidence</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">”, in relation to a person, means such evidence of that person’s—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/a" id="section-28A-3-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">name and surname,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/b" id="section-28A-3-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">age,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/c" id="section-28A-3-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">marital status, and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A/3/d" id="section-28A-3-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">nationality,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p1662" CommentaryRef="c6281491">as may be specified in guidance issued by the Registrar General.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
Caveat against issue of certificate or licence.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281501"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29" id="section-29">
<Pnumber>29</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/1" id="section-29-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Any person . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281511"/>
may enter a caveat with the superintendent registrar against the issue of a certificate or licence for the marriage of any person named therein.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/2" id="section-29-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If any caveat is entered as aforesaid, the caveat having been signed by or on behalf of the person by whom it was entered and stating his place of residence and the ground of objection on which the caveat is founded, no certificate or licence shall be issued until the superintendent registrar has examined into the matter of the caveat and is satisfied that it ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence, or until the caveat has been withdrawn by the person who entered it; and if the superintendent registrar is doubtful whether to issue a certificate or licence he may refer the matter of the caveat to the Registrar General.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/3" id="section-29-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a superintendent registrar refuses, by reason of any such caveat as aforesaid, to issue a certificate or licence, the person applying therefor may appeal to the Registrar General who shall either confirm the refusal or direct that a certificate or licence shall be issued.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/4" id="section-29-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any person who enters a caveat against the issue of a certificate or licence on grounds which the Registrar General declares to be frivolous and to be such that they ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence, shall be liable for the costs of the proceedings before the Registrar General and for damages recoverable by the person against whose marriage the caveat was entered.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29/5" id="section-29-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purpose of enabling any person to recover any such costs and damages as aforesaid, a copy of the declaration of the Registrar General purporting to be sealed with the seal of the General Register Office shall be evidence that the Registrar General has declared the caveat to have been entered on grounds which are frivolous and such that they ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate or licence.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Forbidding of issue of certificate.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/30/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/30" id="section-30">
<Pnumber>30</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>Any person whose consent to a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar is required under section three of this Act may forbid the issue of such a certificate by writing, at any time before the issue of the certificate, the word “forbidden” opposite to the entry of the notice of marriage in the marriage notice book, and by subscribing thereto his name and place of residence and the capacity, in relation to either of the persons to be married, in which he forbids the issue of the certificate; and where the issue of a certificate has been so forbidden, the notice of marriage and all proceedings thereon shall be void:</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>
Provided that where, by virtue of paragraph (
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
) of the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section three, the court has consented to a marriage and the consent of the court has the same effect as if it had been given by a person whose consent has been refused, that person shall not be entitled to forbid the issue of a certificate for that marriage under this section, and the notice of marriage and the proceedings thereon shall not be void by virtue of this section.
</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" ConfersPower="true" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriage under certificate without licence.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31" id="section-31">
<Pnumber>31</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/1" RestrictEndDate="2021-04-19" id="section-31-1" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence, the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage has been given shall suspend or affix in some conspicuous place in his office, for twenty-one successive days next after the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage book, the notice of marriage, or an exact copy signed by him of the particulars thereof as entered in the marriage notice book.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2" RestrictEndDate="2021-04-19" id="section-31-2" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>At the expiration of the said period of twenty-one days the superintendent registrar, on the request of the person by whom the notice of marriage was given, shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form unless—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2/a" id="section-31-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any lawful impediment to the issue of the certificate has been shown to the satisfaction of the superintendent registrar; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/2/b" id="section-31-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the issue of the certificate has been forbidden under the last foregoing section by any person authorised in that behalf.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/3" RestrictEndDate="2021-04-19" id="section-31-3" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Every such certificate shall set out the particulars contained in the notice of marriage and the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book and shall contain a statement that the issue of the certificate has not been forbidden as aforesaid.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/4" RestrictEndDate="2021-04-19" id="section-31-4" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No marriage shall be solemnized on the production of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence until after the expiration of the said period of twenty-one days.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/5" RestrictEndDate="2021-04-19" id="section-31-5" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice requiring a registrar to be present at the marriage has been given to the superintendent registrar under subsection (5) of section twenty-seven of this Act, the superintendent registrar shall, when issuing a certificate under this section, give to one of the persons to be married printed instructions in the prescribed form for the due solemnization of the marriage.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/6" id="section-31-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281641"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2015-03-01" RestrictStartDate="2001-01-01" Match="false" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a).</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A" id="section-31A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">31A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/1" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-1" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">If, relying on section 31(2)(a), a superintendent registrar refuses to issue a certificate, the person applying for it may appeal to the Registrar General.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-2" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">On such an appeal, the Registrar General must—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2/a" id="section-31A-2-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">confirm the refusal; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/2/b" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-2-b" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">direct that a certificate be issued.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-3" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">If—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3/a" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-3-a" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">relying on section 31(2)(a), a superintendent registrar refuses to issue a certificate as a result of a representation made to him, and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/3/b" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-3-b" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">on an appeal against the refusal, the Registrar General declares the representation to have been frivolous and to be such that it ought not to obstruct the issue of a certificate,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">the person making the representation is liable for the costs of the proceedings before the Registrar General and for damages recoverable by the applicant for the certificate.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A/4" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-31A-4" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2023" CommentaryRef="c6281781">For the purpose of enabling a person to recover any such costs and damages, a copy of the declaration of the Registrar General purporting to be sealed with the seal of the General Register Office is evidence that the Registrar General has declared the representation to have been frivolous and to be such that it ought not to obstruct the issue of a certificate.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1994-04-01" RestrictEndDate="1998-04-01">
<Title> Marriage under certificate by licence.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32" id="section-32">
<Pnumber>32</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/1" id="section-32-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar by licence, the person by whom notice of marriage is given shall state in the notice that the marriage is intended to be solemnized by licence, and the notice shall not be suspended in the office of the superintendent registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2" id="section-32-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a notice of marriage containing such a statement as aforesaid has been received by a superintendent registrar, then, after the expiration of one whole day next after the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book, the superintendent registrar, on the request of the person by whom the notice was given, shall issue a certificate and a licence in the prescribed form unless—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2/a" id="section-32-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>any lawful impediment to the issue of the certificate has been shown to the satisfaction of the superintendent registrar; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/2/b" id="section-32-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the issue of the certificate has been forbidden under section thirty of this Act by any person authorised in that behalf.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/3" id="section-32-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Every such certificate shall set out the particulars contained in the notice of marriage and the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book, and shall contain a statement that the issue of the certificate has not been forbidden as aforesaid.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/4" id="section-32-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice requiring a registrar to be present at the marriage has been given to the superintendent registrar under subsection (5) of section twenty-seven of this Act, the superintendent registrar shall, when issuing a certificate and licence under this section, give to one of the persons to be married printed instructions in the prescribed form for the due solemnization of the marriage.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/5" id="section-32-5">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921">5</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921"> A superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive for every certificate issued by him under this section a fee of </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15255" CommentaryRef="c6281931">one shilling and sixpence</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921"> and for every licence so issued the sum of </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15259" CommentaryRef="c6281941">£45.00</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15248" CommentaryRef="c6281921"> over and above the amount paid for the stamps necessary on the issue of the licence.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/6" id="section-32-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6281951"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1997-10-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Period of validity of certificate and licence.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33" id="section-33">
<Pnumber>33</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33/1" id="section-33-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, whether by licence or without licence, at any time within three months from the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/33/2" id="section-33-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the marriage is not solemnized within the said period of three months, the notice of marriage and the certificate, and any licence which may have been granted thereon, shall be void, and no person shall solemnize the marriage on the authority thereof.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriages normally to be solemnized in registration district in which one of parties resides.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/34/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/34" id="section-34">
<Pnumber>34</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>
Subject to the provisions of the next following section, a superintendent registrar shall not issue a certificate for the solemnization of a marriage
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15440" CommentaryRef="c6282051">in a building which is not</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15443" CommentaryRef="c6282051">elsewhere than</Addition>
within a registration district in which one of the persons to be married has resided, in the case of a marriage without licence, for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice of marriage or, in the case of a marriage by licence, for the period of fifteen days immediately before the giving of that notice.
</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1995-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriages in registration district in which neither party resides.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35" id="section-35">
<Pnumber>35</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1" id="section-35-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate, or if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage in a registered building which is not within a registration district in which either of the persons to be married resides, where the person giving the notice of marriage declares by endorsement thereon in the prescribed form— </Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/a" id="section-35-1-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15462" CommentaryRef="c6282081">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15462" CommentaryRef="c6282081">that the persons to be married desire the marriage to be solemnized according to a specified form, rite or ceremony, being a form, rite or ceremony of a body or denomination of christians or other persons meeting for religious worship to which one of them professes to belong.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/b" id="section-35-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that, to the best of his or her belief, there is not within the registration district in which one of them resides any registered building in which marriage is solemnized according to that form, rite or ceremony;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/c" id="section-35-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the registration district nearest to the residence of that person in which there is a registered building in which marriage may be so solemnized; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1/d" id="section-35-1-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the registered building in that district in which the marriage is intended to be solemnized;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>and where any such certificate or certificate and licence is issued, the marriage may be solemnized in the registered building stated in the notice.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/2" id="section-35-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15490" CommentaryRef="c6282091">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15490" CommentaryRef="c6282091">A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate or, if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage in a registered building which is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married, or of one of them, notwithstanding that the building is not within a registration district in which either of those persons resides.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/3" id="section-35-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate for the solemnization of a marriage in any parish church or authorised chapel which is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married, or of one of them, notwithstanding that the church or chapel is not within a registration district in which either of those persons resides.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/4" id="section-35-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A superintendent registrar may issue a certificate or, if the marriage is to be by licence, a certificate and a licence, for the solemnization of a marriage according to the usages of the Society of Friends or in accordance with the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, notwithstanding that the building or place in which the marriage is to be solemnized is not within a registration district in which either of the persons to be married resides.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/5" id="section-35-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar issued under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section, the notice of marriage given to the superintendent registrar and the certificate issued by the superintendent registrar shall state, in addition to the description of the registered building or, as the case may be, the parish church or authorised chapel, in which the marriage is to be solemnized, that it is the usual place of worship of the persons to be married or of one of them and, in the latter case, shall state the name of the person whose usual place of worship it is.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictEndDate="1995-01-01">
<Title> Superintendent registrar to issue licences only for marriages to be solemnized in his registration district.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36" id="section-36">
<Pnumber>36</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing section, a superintendent registrar shall not issue a licence for the solemnization of a marriage—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36/a" id="section-36-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in a registered building which is not within his registration district;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/36/b" id="section-36-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the office of any other superintendent registrar.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W+S">
<Title> One party resident in Scotland.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37" id="section-37">
<Pnumber>37</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1" id="section-37-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in Scotland and the other is residing in England, the following provisions shall have effect— </Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/a" id="section-37-1-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15730" CommentaryRef="c6282321">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15730" CommentaryRef="c6282321">the party residing in Scotland may give notice of the intended marriage in accordance with section 7 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/b" id="section-37-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
the party residing in England may, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15744" CommentaryRef="c6282331">27A</Addition>
and twenty-eight of this Act, give notice of the intended marriage as if both parties were residing in different registration districts in England, and the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to notices of marriage and the issue of certificates for marriage shall apply accordingly;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/c" id="section-37-1-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15748" CommentaryRef="c6282341">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15748" CommentaryRef="c6282341">a certificate issued under section 7(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 to a party shall, for the purpose of that party’s intended marriage, have the like force and effect in all respects as a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar under this Part of this Act;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1/d" id="section-37-1-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>for the purposes of section thirty-three of this Act the notice given in Scotland shall be deemed to have been entered in a marriage notice book by a superintendent registrar in England on the day on which it was given.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/2" id="section-37-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282351"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Title> One party resident in Northern Ireland.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38" id="section-38">
<Pnumber>38</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/1" id="section-38-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in Northern Ireland and the other is residing in England, the party residing in Northern Ireland may give notice of marriage in the form used for that purpose in Northern Ireland or to the like effect to the registrar of the district in Northern Ireland in which he or she has resided for not less than seven days immediately before the giving of the notice.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/2" id="section-38-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Any such notice as aforesaid shall state the name and surname, marital status, occupation, age and place of residence of each of the persons to be married and the period, not being less than seven days, during which each of them has resided in that place and the
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15790" CommentaryRef="c6282421">church or other building in which</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15793" CommentaryRef="c6282421">place where</Addition>
the marriage is to be solemnized:
</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>Provided that if either of the persons to be married has resided in the place stated in the notice for more than one month, the notice may state that he or she has resided there for more than one month.</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/3" id="section-38-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Any such notice as aforesaid shall be dealt with, and a certificate for marriage issued by the registrar, in the manner prescribed by the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282441"/>
Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, as amended by the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282451"/>
Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1846, and the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282461"/>
Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863:
</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>Provided that the registrar shall not issue a certificate until the expiration of twenty-one days from the day on which the notice was entered in the marriage notice book required to be kept under the said Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/38/4" id="section-38-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The production to the person by whom the marriage is to be solemnized of a certificate issued under the last foregoing subsection shall be as valid for authorising that person to solemnize the marriage as the production of a certificate for marriage of a superintendent registrar of a registration district in England would be in the case of a person residing in that district.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Issue of certificates on board His Majesty’s ships.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39" id="section-39">
<Pnumber>39</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/1" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-39-1" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar without licence between parties of whom one is residing in England and the other is an officer, seaman, or marine borne on the books of one of His Majesty’s ships at sea, the last-mentioned party may give notice of his intention to the captain or other officer commanding the ship, together with the name and address of the other party to the marriage, and such other information as may be necessary to enable the captain or other officer to fill up a certificate under this section, and shall at the same time make and sign such a declaration as is required by section twenty-eight of this Act, and the captain or other officer may attest the declaration and thereupon issue a certificate to the officer, seaman or marine giving the notice.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/2" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-39-2" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
A certificate issued under this section shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Admiralty and shall have the like force and effect as a certificate issued by a superintendent registrar under this Part of this Act, and all provisions of this Act (including penal provisions
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15844" CommentaryRef="c6282561">but </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15844" CommentaryRef="c6282561">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15846" CommentaryRef="c6282571">excluding sections 27A and 27B</Addition>
</Addition>
) relating to notices and declarations for obtaining certificates from superintendent registrars and to such certificates shall apply in the case of certificates issued under this section, subject to such adaptations therein as may be made by His Majesty by Order in Council.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/39/3" RestrictEndDate="2021-05-04" id="section-39-3" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282581"/>
3
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in England as aforesaid and a certificate has been issued to one of the parties under this section, the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the other party is residing may accept notice of marriage given by that party, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven
<Addition ChangeId="d29p15858" CommentaryRef="c6282591">27A</Addition>
and twenty-eight of this Act, as if both parties were residing in different registration districts in England, and the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to notices of marriage and the issue of certificates for marriage shall apply accordingly.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Forms of certificates to be furnished by Registrar General.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40" id="section-40">
<Pnumber>40</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40/1" id="section-40-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Registrar General shall furnish to every superintendent registrar a sufficient number of forms of certificates for marriage.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/40/2" id="section-40-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In order to distinguish the certificates to be issued for marriages by licence from the certificates to be issued for marriages without licence, a watermark in the form of the word “licence”, in Roman letters, shall be laid and manufactured in the substance of the paper on which the certificates to be issued for marriage by licence are written or printed, and every certificate to be issued for marriage by licence shall be printed with red ink and every certificate to be issued for marriage without licence shall be printed with black ink, and such other distinctive marks between the two kinds of certificates as the Registrar General may from time to time think fit shall be used.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
<Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-in-registered-buildings/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-in-registered-buildings" NumberOfProvisions="4" RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" id="part-III-crossheading-marriages-in-registered-buildings" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriages in registered buildings</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1995-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1994-04-01">
<Title> Registration of buildings.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41" id="section-41">
<Pnumber>41</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/1" id="section-41-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Any proprietor or trustee of a . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282801"/>
building, which has been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship may apply to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated for the building to be registered for the solemnization of marriages therein.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/2" id="section-41-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16138" CommentaryRef="c6282811">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16138" CommentaryRef="c6282811">Any person making such an application as aforesaid shall deliver to the superintendent registrar a certificate, signed in duplicate by at least twenty householders and dated not earlier than one month before the making of the application, stating that the building is being used by them as their usual place of public religious worship and that they desire that the building should be registered as aforesaid, and both certificates shall be countersigned by the proprietor or trustee by whom they are delivered.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/3" id="section-41-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The superintendent registrar shall send both certificates delivered to him under the last foregoing subsection to the Registrar General who shall register the building in a book to be kept for that purpose in the General Register Office.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/4" id="section-41-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Registrar General shall endorse on both certificates sent to him as aforesaid the date of the registration, and shall keep one certificate with the records of the General Register Office and shall return the other certificate to the superintendent registrar who shall keep it with the records of his office.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5" id="section-41-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>On the return of the certificate under the last foregoing subsection, the superintendent registrar shall—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/a" id="section-41-5-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>enter the date of the registration of the building in a book to be provided for that purpose by the Registrar General;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/b" id="section-41-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>give a certificate of the registration signed by him, on durable materials, to the proprietor or trustee by whom the certificates delivered to him under subsection (2) of this section were countersigned; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/5/c" id="section-41-5-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>give public notice of the registration of the building by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the county in which the building is situated and in the London Gazette.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/6/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/6" id="section-41-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
For every entry, certificate and notice made or given under the last foregoing subsection the superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive, at the time of the delivery of the certificates under subsection (2) of this section, the sum of
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16188" CommentaryRef="c6282821">£90.00</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/7/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/7" id="section-41-7">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16191" CommentaryRef="c6282831">7</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16191" CommentaryRef="c6282831">A building may be registered for the solemnization of marriages under this section whether it is a separate building or forms part of another building.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05">
<Title> Cancellation of registration and substitution of another building.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42" id="section-42">
<Pnumber>42</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/1" id="section-42-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Where, on an application made by or through the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that a registered building is no longer used for the purpose of public religious worship by the congregation on whose behalf it was registered, he shall cause the registration to be cancelled . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282961"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/2" id="section-42-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282971"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/3" id="section-42-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Where the Registrar General cancels the registration of any building, . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282961"/>
, under this section, he shall inform the superintendent registrar who shall enter that fact and the date thereof in the book provided for the registration of buildings, and shall certify and publish the cancellation . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282961"/>
, in the manner provided by subsection (5) of the last foregoing section in the case of the . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282961"/>
registration of a building.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/4" id="section-42-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282971"/>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/5" id="section-42-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Where the registration of any building has been cancelled, . . .
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6282961"/>
under this section, it shall not be lawful to solemnize any marriage in the disused building, unless the building has been registered again in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05">
<Title> Appointment of authorised persons.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43" id="section-43">
<Pnumber>43</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/1" id="section-43-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purpose of enabling marriages to be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the trustees or governing body of that building may authorise a person to be present at the solemnization of marriages in that building and, where a person is so authorised in respect of any registered building, the trustees or governing body of that building shall, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, certify the name and address of the person so authorised to the Registrar General and to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the building is situated.</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2618" CommentaryRef="c6283031">Provided that, in relation to a building which becomes registered after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, the power conferred by this subsection to authorise a person to be present as aforesaid shall not be exercisable before the expiration of one year from the date of registration of the building or, where the congregation on whose behalf the building is registered previously used for the purpose of public religious worship another building of which the registration has been cancelled not earlier than one month before the date of registration aforesaid, one year from the date of registration of that other building.</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/2" id="section-43-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any person whose name and address have been certified as aforesaid is in this Act referred to as an “authorised person”.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/43/3" id="section-43-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in this section shall be taken to relate or have any reference to marriages solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends or of persons professing the Jewish religion.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1997-02-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Solemnization of marriage in registered building.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44" id="section-44">
<Pnumber>44</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/1" id="section-44-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Subject to the provisions of this section, where a notice of marriage and certificate issued by a superintendent registrar state that a marriage between the persons named therein is intended to be solemnized in a registered building, the marriage may be solemnized in that building according to such form and ceremony as those persons may see fit to adopt:</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>Provided that no marriage shall be solemnized in any registered building without the consent of the minister or of one of the trustees, owners, deacons or managers thereof, or in the case of a registered building of the Roman Catholic Church, without the consent of the officiating minister thereof.</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2" id="section-44-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Subject to the provisions of this section, a marriage solemnized in a registered building shall be solemnized with open doors in the presence of two or more witnesses and in the presence of either—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2/a" id="section-44-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated, or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/2/b" id="section-44-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>an authorised person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with the last foregoing section by the trustees or governing body of that registered building or of some other registered building in the same registration district.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/3" id="section-44-3">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283041"/>
3
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is solemnized in a registered building each of the persons contracting the marriage shall, in some part of the ceremony and in the presence of the witnesses and the registrar or authorised person, make the following declaration:—</Text>
<BlockText>
<Para>
<Text>
“I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I,
<Emphasis>AB</Emphasis>
, may not be joined in matrimony to
<Emphasis>
<Acronym Expansion="Compact Disc">CD</Acronym>
</Emphasis>
</Text>
</Para>
</BlockText>
<Text>and each of them shall say to the other:—</Text>
<UnorderedList Decoration="none">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
“I call upon these persons here present to witness that I,
<Emphasis>AB</Emphasis>
, do take thee,
<Emphasis>CD</Emphasis>
, to be my lawful wedded wife [
<Emphasis>or</Emphasis>
husband]”:
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>Provided that if the marriage is solemnized in the presence of an authorised person without the presence of a registrar, the persons to be married, instead of saying each to the other the last-mentioned form of words, may say:—</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
“I,
<Emphasis>AB</Emphasis>
, do take thee,
<Emphasis>CD</Emphasis>
, to be my wedded wife [
<Emphasis>or</Emphasis>
husband]”.
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/4" id="section-44-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A marriage shall not be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar until duplicate marriage register books have been supplied by the Registrar General under Part IV of this Act to the authorised person or to the trustees or governing body of the building.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/5" id="section-44-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the Registrar General is not satisfied with respect to any building registered or proposed to be registered for the solemnization of marriages therein that sufficient security exists for the due registration of marriages by an authorised person under Part IV of this Act and for the safe custody of marriage register books, he may in his discretion attach to the continuance of the registration, or to the registration, of the building a condition that no marriage may be solemnized therein without the presence of a registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
<Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-in-register-offices/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-in-register-offices" NumberOfProvisions="3" RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" id="part-III-crossheading-marriages-in-register-offices" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Title> Marriages in register offices</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1997-02-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Solemnization of marriage in register office.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45" id="section-45">
<Pnumber>45</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/1" id="section-45-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the persons to be married may state in the notice of marriage that they wish to be married in the office of the superintendent registrar or one of the superintendent registrars, as the case may be, to whom notice of marriage is given, and where any such notice has been given and the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, has or have been issued accordingly, the marriage may be solemnized in the said office, with open doors, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of the last foregoing section in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/2" id="section-45-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1997-02-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161"> Solemnization of certain marriages.</Addition>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A" id="section-45A">
<Pnumber PuncAfter="">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">45A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/1" id="section-45A-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">This section applies to marriages solemnized, otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England, in pursuance of section 26(1)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">dd</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">) of this Act at the place where a person usually resides.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/2" id="section-45A-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">The marriage may be solemnized according to a relevant form, rite or ceremony in the presence of a registrar of the registration district in which the place where the marriage is solemnized is situated and of two witnesses and each of the persons contracting the marriage shall make the declaration and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of section 44 of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/3" id="section-45A-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">Where the marriage is not solemnized in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section it shall be solemnized in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district in which the place where the marriage is solemnized is situated and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) of section 44 of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/4" id="section-45A-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the presence of a superintendent registrar.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A/5" id="section-45A-5">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">5</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">In subsection (2) of this section a “</Addition>
<Term id="term-relevant-form-rite-or-ceremony">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">relevant form, rite or ceremony</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16631" CommentaryRef="c6283161">” means a form, rite or ceremony of a body of persons who meet for religious worship in any registered building being a form, rite or ceremony in accordance with which members of that body are married in any such registered building.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Register office marriage followed by religious ceremony.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46" id="section-46">
<Pnumber>46</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/1" id="section-46-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
If the parties to a marriage
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2875" CommentaryRef="c6283201">solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2878" CommentaryRef="c6283201">solemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar</Addition>
desire to add the religious ceremony ordained or used by the church or persuasion of which they are members, they may present themselves, after giving notice of their intention so to do, to the clergyman or minister of the church or persuasion of which they are members, and the clergyman or minister, upon the production of a certificate of their marriage before the superintendent registrar and upon the payment of the customary fees (if any), may, if he sees fit, read or celebrate in the church or chapel of which he is the regular minister the marriage service of the church or persuasion to which be belongs or nominate some other minister to do so.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/2" id="section-46-2">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283221"/>
2
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Nothing in the reading or celebration of a marriage service under this section shall supersede or invalidate any marriage previously
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2889" CommentaryRef="c6283201">solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2892" CommentaryRef="c6283201">solemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar</Addition>
, and the reading or celebration shall not be entered as a marriage in any marriage register book kept under Part IV of this Act.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46/3" id="section-46-3">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283221"/>
3
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No person who is not entitled to solemnize marriages according to the rites of the Church of England shall by virtue of this section be entitled to read or celebrate the marriage service in any church or chapel of the Church of England.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
<Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-on-approved-premises/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-on-approved-premises" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictEndDate="2008-04-03" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1995-02-24" Match="false" id="part-III-crossheading-marriages-on-approved-premises">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p2905" CommentaryRef="c6283261"> Marriages on approved premises</Addition>
</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1996-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1995-02-24" Match="false">
<Title> Approval of premises.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A" id="section-46A">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283271"/>
46A
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/1" RestrictEndDate="2008-04-03" id="section-46A-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the approval by local authorities of premises for the solemnization of marriages in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2" id="section-46A-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The matters dealt with by the regulations may include—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/a" id="section-46A-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the kinds of premises in respect of which approvals may be granted;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/b" id="section-46A-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the procedure to be followed in relation to applications for approval;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/c" id="section-46A-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the considerations to be taken into account by a local authority in determining whether to approve any premises;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/d" id="section-46A-2-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the duration and renewal of approvals;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/e/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/e" id="section-46A-2-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the conditions that must or may be imposed by a local authority on granting or renewing an approval;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/f/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/f" id="section-46A-2-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the determination and charging by local authorities of fees in respect of applications for the approval of premises and in respect of the renewal of approvals;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/g/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/g" id="section-46A-2-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the circumstances in which a local authority must or may revoke an approval;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/h/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/h" id="section-46A-2-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the review of any decision to refuse an approval or the renewal of an approval, to impose conditions on granting or renewing an approval or to revoke an approval;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/i/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/i" id="section-46A-2-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the notification to the Registrar General of all approvals granted, renewed or revoked;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/j/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/j" id="section-46A-2-j">
<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the keeping by local authorities of registers of approved premises;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/k/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/2/k" id="section-46A-2-k">
<Pnumber>k</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the issue by the Registrar General of guidance supplementing the provision made by the regulations.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/3" id="section-46A-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In this section “
<Term id="term-local-authority">local authority</Term>
” means a county council, metropolitan district council or London borough council.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/4" id="section-46A-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/5/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A/5" id="section-46A-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1996-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1995-02-24" Match="false">
<Title> Solemnization of marriage on approved premises.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B" id="section-46B">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283351"/>
46B
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1" id="section-46B-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any marriage on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act shall be solemnized in the presence of—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1/a" id="section-46B-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>two witnesses, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/1/b" id="section-46B-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/2" id="section-46B-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Without prejudice to the width of section 46A(2)(e) of this Act, the Secretary of State shall exercise his power to provide for the imposition of conditions as there mentioned so as to secure that members of the public are permitted to attend any marriage solemnized on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/3" id="section-46B-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Each of the persons contracting such a marriage shall make the declaration and use the form of words set out in section 44(3) of this Act in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B/4" id="section-46B-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No religious service shall be used at a marriage on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
<Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-according-to-usages-of-society-of-friends/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/marriages-according-to-usages-of-society-of-friends" NumberOfProvisions="1" RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" id="part-III-crossheading-marriages-according-to-usages-of-society-of-friends" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47" id="section-47">
<Pnumber>47</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/1" id="section-47-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>No person who is not a member of the Society of Friends shall be married according to the usages of that Society unless he or she is authorised to be so married under or in pursuance of a general rule of the said Society in England.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2" id="section-47-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A marriage solemnized according to the said usages shall not be valid unless either—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2/a" id="section-47-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the person giving notice of marriage declares, either verbally or, if so required, in writing, that each of the parties to the marriage is either a member of the Society of Friends or is in profession with or of the persuasion of that Society; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/2/b" id="section-47-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>there is produced to the superintendent registrar, at the time when notice of marriage is given, a certificate purporting to be signed by a registering officer of the Society of Friends in England to the effect that any party to the marriage who is not a member of the Society of Friends or in profession with or of the persuasion of that Society, is authorised to be married according to the said usages under or in pursuance of a general rule of the said Society in England.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/3" id="section-47-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Any such certificate as aforesaid shall be for all purposes conclusive evidence that any person to whom it relates is authorised to be married according to the usages of the said Society, and the entry of the marriage in a marriage register book under Part IV of this Act, or a certified copy thereof made under the said Part IV, shall be conclusive evidence of the production of such a certificate.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/4/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/47/4" id="section-47-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A copy of any general rule of the Society of Friends purporting to be signed by the recording clerk for the time being of the said Society in London shall be admitted as evidence of the general rule in all proceedings touching the validity of any marriage solemnized according to the usages of the said Society.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
<Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/miscellaneous-provisions/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III/crossheading/miscellaneous-provisions" NumberOfProvisions="5" RestrictEndDate="2005-12-05" id="part-III-crossheading-miscellaneous-provisions" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Miscellaneous Provisions</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2001-01-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title>
Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283431"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48" id="section-48">
<Pnumber>48</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1" id="section-48-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where any marriage has been solemnized under the provisions of this Part of this Act, it shall not be necessary in support of the marriage to give any proof—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/a" id="section-48-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that before the marriage either of the parties thereto resided, or resided for any period, in the registration district stated in the notice of marriage to be that of his or her place of residence;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/b" id="section-48-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that any person whose consent to the marriage was required by section three of this Act had given his consent;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/c" id="section-48-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that the registered building in which the marriage was solemnized had been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/d" id="section-48-1-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that that building was the usual place of worship of either of the parties to the marriage; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/e/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/1/e" id="section-48-1-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>that the facts stated in a declaration made under subsection (1) of section thirty-five of this Act were correct;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>nor shall any evidence be given to prove the contrary in any proceedings touching the validity of the marriage.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48/2" id="section-48-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A marriage solemnized in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act in a registered building which has not been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship shall be as valid as if the building had been so certified.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1995-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1991-02-01">
<Title>
Void marriages.
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283461"/>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49" id="section-49">
<Pnumber>49</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/a" id="section-49-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>without having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/b" id="section-49-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>without a certificate for marriage having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage was given;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/c" id="section-49-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>without a licence having been so issued, in a case in which a licence is necessary;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/d" id="section-49-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>on the authority of a certificate which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/e/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/e" id="section-49-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the notice of marriage and certificate of the superintendent registrar;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/f/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/f" id="section-49-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a marrige in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/g/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/g" id="section-49-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
in the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superinentdent registrar;
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16830" CommentaryRef="c6283471">or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/h/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49/h" id="section-49-h">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16830" CommentaryRef="c6283471">h</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16830" CommentaryRef="c6283471">in the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>the marriage shall be void.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1995-04-01" RestrictExtent="E+W">
<Title> Person to whom certificate to be delivered.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50" id="section-50">
<Pnumber>50</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1" id="section-50-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the certificate or, if notice of marriage has been given to more than one superintendent registrar, the certificates shall be delivered to the following person, that is to say:—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/a/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/a" id="section-50-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
if the marrige is to be solemnized in a registered building
<Addition ChangeId="d29p16945" CommentaryRef="c6283651">or at a person’s residence</Addition>
in the presence of a registrar, that registrar;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/b/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/b" id="section-50-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the authorised person in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/c/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/c" id="section-50-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the marriage is to be solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar, the registrar in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/d/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/d" id="section-50-1-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the marriage is to be solemnized according to the usages of the Society of Friends, the registering officer of that Society for the place where the marriage is to be solemnized;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/e/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/e" id="section-50-1-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the marriage is to be solemnized according to the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion, the officer of a synagogue by whom the marriage is required to be registered under Part IV of this Act;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/f/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/1/f" id="section-50-1-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the marriage is to be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England, the officiating clergyman.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/2" id="section-50-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In the application of the last foregoing subsection to a marriage solemnized otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England, the reference therein to a certificate shall, if the marriage is by licence, be construed as a reference to the certificate and licence.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/3/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/50/3" id="section-50-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a marriage is solemnized in a registered building without the presence of a registrar, the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, shall be kept in the prescribed custody and shall be produced with the marriage register books kept by the authorised person under Part IV of this Act as and when required by the Registrar General.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="1995-02-24" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1994-04-01">
<Title> Fees of registrars for attending marriages.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51" id="section-51">
<Pnumber>51</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/1/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/1" id="section-51-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17205" CommentaryRef="c6283941">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c6283931"/>
1
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
A registrar shall be entitled to receive from persons married under this Part of this Act in his presence the sum of
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17211" CommentaryRef="c6283951">£1.50</Addition>
if the marriage is by licence and, in any other case, the sum of
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17215" CommentaryRef="c6283951">£1.50</Addition>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/2/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/2" id="section-51-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">A superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive from persons married in his presence in pursuance of section 26(1)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">dd</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">) of this Act the sum of </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17229" CommentaryRef="c6283981">£32.00</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p17219" CommentaryRef="c6283971">.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictEndDate="1997-02-01">
<Title> Provision for marriages in Welsh language.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/52/1994-04-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/52" id="section-52">
<Pnumber>52</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>The Registrar General shall furnish to every registrar in Wales and in every place in which the Welsh language is commonly used a true and exact translation into the Welsh language of the declaration and form of words required to be used under section forty-four of this Act, and the said translation may be used in any place in which the Welsh language is commonly used in the same manner as is prescribed by the said section forty-four for the use of the declaration and form of words in the English language.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Part>
</Body>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c6281381" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00362" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B" SectionRef="section-27B">Ss. 27B</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00363" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C" SectionRef="section-27C">27C</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16" id="c00364" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986">Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00365" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/section/1/4/6" CitationRef="c00364" SectionRef="section-1-4-6">s. 1(4)(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00366" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/schedule/1/paragraph/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00364" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5">Sch. 1 para. 5</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281491" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 28A and sidenote inserted (1.1.2001) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/33" id="c00390" Year="1999" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="33">1999 c. 33</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00391" CitationRef="c00390" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/33/section/162/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-162-1">s. 162(1)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2698" id="c00392" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="2698">S.I. 2000/2698</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00393" CitationRef="c00392" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2698/article/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281781" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00490" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31A" SectionRef="section-31A">S. 31A</CitationSubRef>
and sidenote inserted (1.1.2001) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/33" id="c00491" Year="1999" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="33">1999 c. 33</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00492" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/33/section/163/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00491" SectionRef="section-163-2">s. 163(2)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2698" id="c00493" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="2698">S.I. 2000/2698</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00494" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2698/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00493" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282961" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29" id="c00717" Year="1958" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958">Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00718" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00717" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282971" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00719" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/42/2/4" SectionRef="section-42-2-4">S. 42(2)(4)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29" id="c00720" Year="1958" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958">Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00721" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00720" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283031" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Proviso added by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29" id="c00722" Year="1958" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958">Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00723" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29/section/1/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00722" SectionRef="section-1-2">s. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283201" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words “solemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar” substituted (E.W.) for words “solemnized in the office of a superintendant registrar” by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c00781" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00782" CitationRef="c00781" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00783" CitationRef="c00781" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/12" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-12">Sch. 1 para. 12</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283221" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 46(2)(3) applied by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c00785" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00786" CitationRef="c00785" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/11/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-11-2">s. 11(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283261" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Ss. 46A, 46B and cross-heading inserted (24.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34" id="d9e7" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34">1994 c. 34</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cc00004" CitationRef="d9e7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34/section/1/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-1-2">ss. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cc00005" CitationRef="d9e7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34/section/3/2" SectionRef="section-3-2">3(2)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424" id="d9e16" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="424">S.I. 1995/424</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cc00007" CitationRef="d9e16" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424/article/2/1/a" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2-1-a">art. 2(1)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280211" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01556" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III" SectionRef="part-III">Pt. III</CitationSubRef>
applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/70" id="c01557" Year="1956" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="70" Title="Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01558" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/70/section/1/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01557" SectionRef="section-1-3">s. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280231" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01559" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/26/1" SectionRef="section-26-1">S. 26(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>dd</Emphasis>
) inserted(E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01560" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01561" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01560" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01562" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01560" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-4">Sch. 1 para. 4</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280241" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01563" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01564" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01563" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01565" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01563" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-4">Sch. 1 para. 4</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280251" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01566" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/26/2" SectionRef="section-26-2">S. 26(2)</CitationSubRef>
excluded by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/38" id="c01567" Year="1969" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969">Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01568" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/38/section/6/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01567" SectionRef="section-6-3">s. 6(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280261" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01569" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01570" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01569" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01571" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01569" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-4">Sch. 1 para. 4</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280571" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01651" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01652" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01651" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01653" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01651" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5">Sch. 1 para. 5</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280581" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01654" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/4" SectionRef="section-27-4">S. 27(4)</CitationSubRef>
applied by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c01655" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01656" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/2/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01655" SectionRef="section-2-2">s. 2(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280591" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01657" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01658" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01657" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01659" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01657" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5">Sch. 1 para. 5</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280601" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Fee in s. 27(6) substituted (1.4.1994) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c01660" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01661" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01660" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01662" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c01660" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,Sch. (which S.I. revokes
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2982" id="c01663" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2982">S.I. 1992/2982</Citation>
) (which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257" id="c01664" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3257">S.I. 1994/3257</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01665" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01664" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280611" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01666" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27/7" SectionRef="section-27-7">S. 27(7)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01667" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01668" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01667" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01669" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01667" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5">Sch. 1 para. 5</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6280621" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Fee in s. 27(7) substituted (1.4.1994) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c01670" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01671" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01670" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01672" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c01670" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,Sch. (which S.I. revokes
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2982" id="c01673" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2982">S.I. 1992/2982</Citation>
) (which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257" id="c01674" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3257">S.I. 1994/3257</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01675" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01674" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281201" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01858" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27A" SectionRef="section-27A">S. 27A</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01859" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01860" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01859" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01861" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01859" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6">Sch. 1 para. 6</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281211" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1978/30" id="c01862" Year="1978" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="30" AlternativeNumber="115:1">1978 c. 30 (115:1)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281221" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/20" id="c01863" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20" AlternativeNumber="85">1983 c. 20 (85)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281231" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1952/52" id="c01864" Year="1952" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="52" AlternativeNumber="39:1">1952 c. 52 (39:1)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281321" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01865" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27B" SectionRef="section-27B">Ss. 27B</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01866" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/27C" SectionRef="section-27C">27C</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16" id="c01867" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986">Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01868" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/section/1/4/6" CitationRef="c01867" SectionRef="section-1-4-6">s. 1(4)(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01869" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/schedule/1/paragraph/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01867" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5">Sch. 1 para. 5</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281391" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01870" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28" SectionRef="section-28">S. 28</CitationSubRef>
except para. 1(b) applied with modification by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c01871" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01872" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/2/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01871" SectionRef="section-2-3">s. 2(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281401" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01873" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28/1" SectionRef="section-28-1">S. 28(1)</CitationSubRef>
applied with modification by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/70" id="c01874" Year="1956" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="70" Title="Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01875" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/70/section/1/2/c" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01874" SectionRef="section-1-2-c">s. 1(2)(c)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281411" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>Words “a child” substituted (E.W.) for words “an infant” by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42 SIF 49:7), ss. 33(1), 34(2)(5), Sch. 2 para. 9</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281501" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01876" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/29" SectionRef="section-29">S. 29</CitationSubRef>
applied with modification by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c01877" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01878" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01877" SectionRef="section-5">s. 5</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281511" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1968/1242" id="c01879" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1968" Number="1242">S.I. 1968/1242</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281641" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01880" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/31/6" SectionRef="section-31-6">S. 31(6)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1968/1242" id="c01881" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1968" Number="1242">S.I. 1968/1242</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281921" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01924" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/5" SectionRef="section-32-5">S. 32(5)</CitationSubRef>
: By
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1968/1242" id="c01925" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1968" Number="1242">S.I. 1968/1242</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01926" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1968/1242/article/4/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01925" SectionRef="article-4-2">art. 4(2)</CitationSubRef>
, it is provided that the fee payable for the issue of a certificate for marriage under s. 32(5) shall cease to be payable.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281931" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c01927" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/5" SectionRef="section-32-5">s. 32(5)</CitationSubRef>
substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/37" id="c01928" Year="1953" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="37" Title="Registration Service Act 1953">Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01929" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/37/schedule/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01928" SectionRef="schedule-1">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01930" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/37/paragraph/7" CitationRef="c01928" SectionRef="paragraph-7">para. 7</CitationSubRef>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281941" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Fee in s. 32(5) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c01931" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01932" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01931" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01933" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c01931" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,Sch. (which S.I. revokes
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2982" id="c01934" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2982">S.I. 1992/2982</Citation>
and which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257" id="c01935" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3257">S.I. 1994/3257</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01936" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01935" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
); and that same fee payable (1.2.1995) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257" id="c01937" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3257">S.I. 1994/3257</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01938" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/article/2" CitationRef="c01937" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01939" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01937" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/3162" id="c01940" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="3162">S.I. 1995/3162</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01941" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/3162/article/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01940" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
); and that same fee payable (1.4.1996) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/3162" id="c01942" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="3162">S.I. 1995/3162</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01943" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/3162/article/2" CitationRef="c01942" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01944" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/3162/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01942" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1997) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3152" id="c01945" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="3152">S.I. 1996/3152</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01946" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3152/article/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01945" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
); and that same fee payable (1.4.1997) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3152" id="c01947" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="3152">S.I. 1996/3152</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01948" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3152/article/2" CitationRef="c01947" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01949" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3152/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01947" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(which S.I. was revoked (1.4.1998) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/2939" id="c01950" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1997" Number="2939">S.I. 1997/2939</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01951" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/2939/article/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01950" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6281951" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01952" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/32/6" SectionRef="section-32-6">S. 32(6)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/10" id="c01953" Year="1975" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="10" Title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01954" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/10/schedule/part/VI" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01953" SectionRef="schedule-part-VI">Sch. Pt. VI</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282051" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words “elsewhere than” substituted (E.W.) for “in a building which is not” by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c01988" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01989" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c01988" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01990" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/7" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01988" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-7">Sch. 1 para. 7</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282081" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01991" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/1" SectionRef="section-35-1">S. 35(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/47" id="c01992" Year="1954" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="47" Title="Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954">Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 47)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01993" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/47/section/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01992" SectionRef="section-2">s. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282091" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01994" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/35/2" SectionRef="section-35-2">S. 35(2)</CitationSubRef>
substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/47" id="c01995" Year="1954" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="47" Title="Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954">Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 47)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01996" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/47/section/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01995" SectionRef="section-1">s. 1</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282321" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02029" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1" SectionRef="section-37-1">S. 37(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15" id="c02030" Year="1977" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="15" Title="Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02031" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02030" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-4">Sch. 2 para. 4</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
) (subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282331" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02032" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02033" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02032" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02034" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/8" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02032" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-8">Sch. 1 para. 8</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282341" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02035" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/1" SectionRef="section-37-1">S. 37(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15" id="c02036" Year="1977" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="15" Title="Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02037" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15/section/28/1" CitationRef="c02036" SectionRef="section-28-1">s. 28(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02038" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15/schedule/2/paragraph/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02036" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-4">Sch. 2 para. 4</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
) (subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282351" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02039" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/37/2" SectionRef="section-37-2">S. 37(2)</CitationSubRef>
repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15" id="c02040" Year="1977" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="15" Title="Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15, SIF 49:2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02041" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15/section/28/2" CitationRef="c02040" SectionRef="section-28-2">s. 28(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02042" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/15/schedule/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02040" SectionRef="schedule-3">Sch. 3</CitationSubRef>
(subject to a saving in s. 27(3) in relation to marriages before 1.1.1978)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282421" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words “place where” substituted (E.W.) for words “church or other building in which” by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02043" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02044" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02043" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02045" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/9" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02043" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-9">Sch. 1 para. 9</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282441" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1844/81" id="c02046" Year="1844" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="81">1844 c. 81</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282451" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1846/72" id="c02047" Year="1846" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="72">1846 c. 72</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282461" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1863/27" id="c02048" Year="1863" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="27">1863 c. 27</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282561" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02049" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02050" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02049" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02051" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/10" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02049" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-10">Sch. 1 para. 10</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282571" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16" id="c02052" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986">Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02053" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/section/1/6" CitationRef="c02052" SectionRef="section-1-6">s. 1(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02054" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/schedule/1/paragraph/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02052" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6">Sch. 1 para. 6</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282581" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
Words “excluding section 27A” substituted (E.W.) for words “excluding sections 27A and 27B” as provided by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16" id="c02055" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986">Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/section/1/6" CitationRef="c02055" SectionRef="section-1-6">s. 1(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02057" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/16/schedule/1/paragraph/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02055" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6">Sch. 1 para. 6</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282591" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02058" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02059" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02058" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02060" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/10" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02058" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-10">Sch. 1 para. 10</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282801" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Word repealed by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/33" id="c02097" Year="1990" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="33" Title="Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990">Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02098" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/33/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02097" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282811" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02099" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/2" SectionRef="section-41-2">S. 41(2)</CitationSubRef>
substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29" id="c02100" Year="1958" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958">Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02101" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1958/29/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02100" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282821" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Fee in 41(6) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c02102" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02103" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02102" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02104" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c02102" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,Sch. (which S.I. revokes
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2982" id="c02105" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2982">S.I. 1992/2982</Citation>
and which S.I. was revoked (1.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257" id="c02106" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3257">S.I. 1994/3257</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02107" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3257/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02106" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6282831" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02108" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/41/7" SectionRef="section-41-7">S. 41(7)</CitationSubRef>
substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/33" id="c02109" Year="1990" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="33" Title="Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990">Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c. 33, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02110" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/33/section/1/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02109" SectionRef="section-1-1">s. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283041" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02142" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/44/3" SectionRef="section-44-3">S. 44(3)</CitationSubRef>
applied by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c02143" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02144" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/10/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02143" SectionRef="section-10-3">s. 10(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283161" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02158" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45A" SectionRef="section-45A">S. 45A</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02159" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02160" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02159" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02161" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/11" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02159" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-11">Sch. 1 para. 11</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283431" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02162" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/48" SectionRef="section-48">S. 48</CitationSubRef>
applied with modifications by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c02163" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02164" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/12" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02163" SectionRef="section-12">s. 12</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283461" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02165" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49" SectionRef="section-49">S. 49</CitationSubRef>
applied (with modifications) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34" id="c02166" Year="1970" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970">Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c02166" id="c02167" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1970/34/section/13" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-13">s. 13</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283471" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02168" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49" SectionRef="section-49">S. 49(h)</CitationSubRef>
and word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02169" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c02169" id="c02170" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c02169" id="c02171" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/13" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-13">Sch. 1 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283651" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02197" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02198" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02197" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02199" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/14" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02197" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-14">Sch. 1 para. 14</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283931" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02260" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/1" SectionRef="section-51-1">S. 51(1)</CitationSubRef>
: by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c02261" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02262" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" CitationRef="c02261" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02263" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c02261" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02264" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02261" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(which S.I. revokes
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2982" id="c02265" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2982">S.I. 1992/2982</Citation>
) it is provided (1.4.1994) that the fee of registrar for attending marriage - (i) at a register office is £19.00 and (ii) at a registered building or at the place where a house-bound or detained person usually resides is £31.00 and that s. 51(1) shall have effect accordingly.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283941" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
“(1)” inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02266" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02266" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02268" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/15" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02266" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-15">Sch. 1 para. 15</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283951" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Figures substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1972/911" id="c02269" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1972" Number="911">S.I. 1972/911</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283971" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02270" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51/2" SectionRef="section-51-2">S. 51(2)</CitationSubRef>
added (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32" id="c02271" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="Marriage Act 1983">Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02272" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/section/1/7" CitationRef="c02271" SectionRef="section-1-7">s. 1(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02273" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/15" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02271" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-15">Sch. 1 para. 15</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283981" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Fee in s. 51(2) payable (1.4.1994) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116" id="c02274" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="3116">S.I. 1993/3116</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02275" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/1" CitationRef="c02274" SectionRef="article-1">arts. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02276" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/article/2" CitationRef="c02274" SectionRef="article-2">2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02277" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/3116/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02274" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283271" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02471" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46A" SectionRef="section-46A">S. 46A</CitationSubRef>
inserted (24.2.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34" id="c02472" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34">1994 c. 34</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02473" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34/section/1/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02472" SectionRef="section-1-2">s. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424" id="c02474" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="424">S.I. 1995/424</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02475" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424/article/2/1/a" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02474" SectionRef="article-2-1-a">art. 2(1)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c6283351" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02487" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/46B" SectionRef="section-46B">S. 46B</CitationSubRef>
inserted (in force for specified purposes on 24.2.1995 and 1.4.1995 respectively) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34" id="c02488" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34">1994 c. 34</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02489" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/34/section/1/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02488" SectionRef="section-1-2">s. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424" id="c02490" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1995" Number="424">S.I. 1995/424</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02491" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/424/article/2/1/a/2/b" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02490" SectionRef="article-2-1-a-2-b">art. 2(1)(a)(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>