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Section 1.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 saved by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11), s. 47(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Sch. 1 Pt. 1 excluded by Children Act 1975 (c. 72, SIF 49:10), s. 8(9), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 3, 7(1) (which Act is repealed (E.W. N.I.) (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 14 paras. 27(4)(5), Sch. 15); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
Mother | Fa ther |
[F1Adoptive mother or former adoptive mother] | [F1Adoptive father or former adoptive fathe r] |
Daughter | S on |
[F1Adoptive daughter or former adoptive daughter] | [F1Adoptive son or former adoptive son] |
Father’s mother | Father’s father |
Mother’s mother | Mother’s father |
Son’s daughter | Son’s son |
Daughter’s daughter | Daughter’s son |
Sister | Bro ther |
. . . F2 | . . . F2 |
Father’s sister | Father’s brother |
Mother’s sister | Mother’s brother |
Brother’s daughter | Brother’s son |
Sister’s daughter | Sister’s son |
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72, SIF 49:10), s. 108(1)(a), Sch. 3 para. 8
F2Entries repealed by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 8(a)
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 Pts. II, III added by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 8(b): original Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed by Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 (c. 29), Sch
Daughter of former wife | Son of former husband |
Former wife of father | Former husband of mother |
Former wife of father’s father | Former husband of father’s mother |
Former wife of mother’s father | Former husband of mother’s mother |
Daughter of son of former wife | Son of son of former husband |
Daughter of daughter of former wife | Son of daughter of former husband] |
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 1 Pts. II, III added by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 1(4)(6), Sch. 1 para. 8(b): original Sch. 1 Pt. II repealed by Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 (c. 29), Sch
Mother of former wife | Father of former husband |
Former wife of son | Former husband of daughter] |
Section 3.
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Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 2 repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch.15 (with saving in Sch. 14 para. 37, and with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
Section 68.
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 3 repealed (with saving) by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), s. 28(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I
Sections 69, 70.
Subsection (4) of section six.
Paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of section fifteen.
The proviso to section seventeen.
Section eighteen.
Section twenty.
Subsection (3) of section thirty-five.
The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four.
Sections fifty-three to fifty-seven, fifty-nine and sixty, so far as those sections relate to the registration of marriages by clergymen and to the duties of incumbents in relation to marriage register books.
Subsection (1) of section six shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated.
Subsection (3) of section seven shall apply as if for the reference to the parochial church council there were substituted, in relation to a naval chapel, a reference to the Admiralty and, in relation to any other chapel, a reference to a Secretary of State.
Section eight shall apply as if it required the notice in writing mentioned therein to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act, and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.
Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section fifteen shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated.
Subsection (1) of section sixteen shall apply as if it required the oath, which is to be taken thereunder, to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.
Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statment that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.
Section fifty shall apply as if for the reference to the officiating clergyman there were substituted a reference to the clergyman appointed under section sixty-nine of this Act for the purpose of registering marriages, in whose presence the marriage is solemnized.
The proviso to section seventeen.
F7. . ..
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1)(3), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 32, Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
Section forty-one.
Section forty-two. [F8The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-three.]
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 inserted by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), s. 1(2)
The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four.
Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification.
Sections forty-three, forty-four and fifty-four shall apply as if for any reference to the trustees or governing body of a building there were substituted a reference to the Admiralty or any person authorised by them, in the case of a naval chapel, and a reference to a Secretary of State or any person authorised by him, in the case of any other chapel.
Section 79.
Session and Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |
---|---|---|
. . . F9 | . . . F9 | . . . F9 |
62 & 63 Vict. c.27. | The Marriages Validity Act, 1899. | The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England. |
. . . F9 | . . . F9 | . . . F9 |
8 Edw. 7, c.26. | The Naval Marriages Act, 1908. | The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England. |
. . . F9 | . . . F9 | . . . F9 |
2 & 3 Geo. 6, c.33. | The Marriage Act, 1939 | Section one, so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England |
. . . F9 | . . . F9 | . . . F9 |
Textual Amendments
F9Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5), Sch. 1
Textual Amendments
F10Entries repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5), Sch. 1
Section 80.
. . . F11
Textual Amendments
F11Words repealed by Marriages (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962 (c. 32), s. 1(1)
Section ten.
. . . F11
Section nineteen.
Subsection (7) of section twenty.
. . . F12
Textual Amendments
F12Entry repealed as provided by Marriage (Wales) Act 1986 (c. 7, SIF 49:1), s. 1
. . . F11
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