C2C3Part III Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate
Pt. 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)
Issue of certificates
27C3 Notice of marriage.
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Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of F17certificates of a superintendent registrarF17a marriage scheduleF1. . ., notice of marriage in the prescribed form shall be given—
a
if 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 F2each of those persons to the superintendent registrar of that district;
b
if the persons to be married have not resided in the same registration district for the said period of seven days as aforesaid, by F3each of those persons to the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which he or she has resided for that period.
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A notice of marriage shall state F11the name and surname, F13the date of birth, marital status, occupation F5, place of residence and nationality of each of the persons to be marriedF11the name and surname, occupation, place of residence and nationality of each of the persons to be married, whether either of them has previously been married or formed a civil partnership and, if so, how the marriage or civil partnership ended and F6in 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,F7the church or other building or premises in or on which the marriage is to be solemnized and—
a
F8. . . 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;
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C1F164
The superintendent registrar shall file all notices of marriage and keep them with the records of his office, and shall F10subject to section F1427ZA 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.
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The duty imposed by subsection (4) to enter information in the marriage notice book may be discharged by entering the information in an approved electronic form; and information so entered must be made available for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.
F164
A superintendent registrar in receipt of a notice of marriage must, as soon as reasonably practicable—
a
file the notice of marriage and keep it with the records of the superintendent registrar’s office, and
b
record the notice of marriage by entering in the marriage register the particulars given in that notice together with the date of the notice.
4A
A superintendent registrar must ensure that the following are open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours—
a
the particulars and date referred to in subsection (4)(b) in respect of notices given in the superintendent registrar’s registration district;
b
any marriage notice book that was required to be kept in the office of the superintendent registrar before the introduction of the marriage register on 4th May 2021;
c
particulars given in a notice of marriage, the date of the notice and the name of the person by whom the notice was given, where such information has been entered in an approved electronic form in the superintendent registrar’s registration district before the introduction of the marriage register on 4th May 2021.
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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.
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Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)