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(1)A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of [F3a marriage schedule] at any time within the period which is the applicable period in relation to that marriage.
(2)If the marriage is not solemnized within the applicable period—
(a)the notices of marriage and the [F4marriage schedule] are void; and
(b)no person may solemnize the marriage on the authority of [F5that marriage schedule].
(3)The applicable period, in relation to a marriage, is the period beginning with the day on which the notice of marriage was [F6recorded in the marriage register] and ending—
(a)in the case of a marriage which is to be solemnized in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd), 37 or 38, on the expiry of three months; and
(b)in the case of any other marriage, on the expiry of twelve months.
(4)If the notices of marriage given by each person to be married are not [F7recorded in the marriage register] on the same date, the applicable period is to be calculated by reference to the earlier of the two dates.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 33 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(2) (with Sch. 2)
F2S. 33 and sidenote substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 15; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F3Words in s. 33(1) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 2)
F4Words in s. 33(2)(a) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(4)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F5Words in s. 33(2)(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(4)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 33(3) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(5) (with Sch. 2)
F7Words in s. 33(4) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(6) (with Sch. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 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)
C2S. 33 applied (with modifications) (4.5.2021) by 1956 c. 70, s. 1(3) (as amended by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2) (with Sch. 2))
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