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(1)Every incumbent, registering officer of the Society of Friends, secretary of a synagogue and registrar by whom a marriage register book is kept shall at all reasonable hours allow searches to be made in any marriage register book in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry in such a book, on payment of the following fee [F1, payable, in the case of a fee previously payable to an incumbent, to the parochial church council of the parish,] that is to say—
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)for every certified copy, the sum of [F3£4.00] [F3£7.00] [F3£10.00].
(2)The last foregoing subsection shall apply in the case of a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed with the substitution for the reference to the incumbent of a reference to the person having the custody of a marriage register book in accordance with regulations made under section seventy-four of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 63(1) inserted (1.7.2011) by Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 (No. 2), s. 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 2; 2011 No. 1, art. 2
F2S. 63(1)(a) repealed by S.I. 1968/1242
F3S. 63(1)(b): it is provided that the fee for a certified copy of an entry issued under that subsection after 1.4.2012 - (i) when application is made at the time of registering or to a registrar is £4.00, (ii) when application is made to a registrar after the time of registration is £7.00 and (iii) in any other case is £10.00 by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/441), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. (as amended (1.4.2012) by The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/760), arts. 1, 3, 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 63 modified by Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 (No. 2), ss. 20(3), 27(3)
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