C1Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England
Preliminary
5 Methods of authorising marriages.
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized—
a
after the publication of banns of matrimony;
b
on the authority of a special licence of marriage granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the M1Ecclesiastical Licences Act, 1533 (in this Act referred to as a “special licence”);
c
on the authority of a licence of marriage (other than a special licence) granted by an ecclesiastical authority having power to grant such a licence (in this Act referred to as a “common licence”); or
d
on the authority of a certificate issued by a superintendent registrar under Part III of this Act
F1except that paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply in relation to the solemnization of any marriage mentioned in subsection (2) of section 1 of this Act.
Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)