Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)

Part III U.K. Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)

C2 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)

[F1 Registration of shared buildings for marriage of same sex couples U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 44A-44D inserted (31.10.2013 for specified purposes, 13.3.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 1 para. 3; S.I. 2013/2789, art. 2(a); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(g)

44B Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: cancellation U.K.

(1) This section applies to a cancellation application relating to a building that is—

(a) subject to a sharing agreement, or

(b) used as mentioned in section 6(4) of the 1969 Act.

(2) The cancellation application must be made in accordance with section 43C.

(3) But section 43C has effect subject to the following provisions of this section.

(4) The cancellation application may be made either—

(a) by a proprietor or trustee of the building, or

(b) by the relevant governing authority of any of the sharing churches.

(5) For that purpose, in relation to a sharing church, “relevant governing authority” means the person or persons recognised by the members of the sharing church as competent for the purpose of making an application under section 43C in the circumstances to which this section applies.

(6) In a case where the cancellation application is made by a relevant governing authority in accordance with subsection (4)(b)—

(a) the application must be accompanied by a certificate, given by persons making the application, that they are the relevant governing authority of one of the sharing churches; and

(b) the superintendent registrar must (in addition to forwarding the application in accordance with section 43C(3)) send a copy of that certificate to the Registrar General.

(7) The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make regulations containing such provision supplementing this section as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.]