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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 3 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with Sch. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)
C2Pt. 3 applied (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 1(2)(a), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 26 cross-heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 10 (with Sch. 2)
(1)The following marriages may be solemnized on the authority of [F4a marriage schedule]—
(a)a marriage of a man and a woman, in a building registered under section 41, according to such form and ceremony as the persons to be married see fit to adopt;
(b)a marriage of any couple in the office of a superintendent registrar;
(bb)a marriage of any couple on approved premises;
(c)a marriage of a man and a woman according to the usages of the Society of Friends (commonly called Quakers);
(d)a marriage between a man and a woman professing the Jewish religion according to the usages of the Jews;
(dd)a qualifying residential marriage;
(e)a marriage of a man and a woman according to the rites of the Church of England in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published.
(2)In this section “qualifying residential marriage” means—
(a)the marriage of a man and a woman (other than a marriage in pursuance of subsection (1)(c) or (d) above), one or each of whom is house-bound or a detained person, at the usual place of residence of the house-bound or detained person or persons, or
(b)the marriage of a same sex couple (other than a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England or other religious rites or usages), one or each of whom is house-bound or a detained person, at the usual place of residence of the house-bound or detained person or persons.]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 26 substituted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 3, 21(3) (with Sch. 7 para. 1); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)
F4Words in s. 26(1) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(a) (with Sch. 2)