C1C2Part III Marriage under F2marriage schedule
Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)
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 F3a marriage schedule
Words 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)
C3F133C2 Period of validity of F4marriage schedule.
1
A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of F5a 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 F7marriage schedule are void; and
b
no person may solemnize the marriage on the authority of F8that 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 F9recorded in the marriage register on the same date, the applicable period is to be calculated by reference to the earlier of the two dates.
Words 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)