C1C2Part III Marriage under F5marriage 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)
Marriages in register offices
45 Solemnization of marriage in register office.
1
Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of F6a marriage schedule, the persons to be married may state in the F1notices of marriage that they wish to be married in the office of the superintendent registrar or one of the superintendent registrars, as the case may be, to whom notice of marriage is given, and where any such F2notices have been given and the F7marriage schedule has been issued accordingly, the marriage may be solemnized in the said office, with open doors, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) F3or (3A) of F4section 44 in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.
2
No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar.
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)