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Marriage Act 1949
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73 Lists of licensed chapels and registered buildings.E+W
(1)The registrar of every diocese shall, within fifteen days after the first day of January in every year, make out and send by post[F1, or in an approved electronic form,] to the Registrar General at his office a list of all chapels within that diocese in which marriages may be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England (being chapels which belong to the Church of England or have been licensed under Part V of this Act), and shall distinguish in that list which chapels have a parish, chapelry or other recognised ecclesiastical division annexed to them, which are chapels licensed under section twenty of this Act and which are chapels licensed under the said Part V, and, in the case of chapels licensed under the said section twenty, shall state in the list the district for which each chapel is licensed according to the description thereof in the licence.
(2)The Registrar General shall in every year make out and cause to be printed a list of all chapels included in any list sent to him under the last foregoing subsection and of all registered buildings and shall state in that list the county and registration district within which each chapel or registered building is situated and the names and places of residence of the superintendent registrars, registrars and deputy registrars of each district[F2; and the duty imposed by this subsection to make out a list may be discharged by making out a list in an approved electronic form.]
(3)A copy of every list made by the Registrar General under the last foregoing subsection shall be sent to every registrar and superintendent registrar[F3; and the duty imposed by this subsection may be discharged by sending a copy in an approved electronic form].
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F1Words in s. 73(1) inserted (16.11.2009) by The Registration of Marriages etc. (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2821), arts. 1(1), 11(1)
F2Words in s. 73(2) inserted (16.11.2009) by The Registration of Marriages etc. (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2821), arts. 1(1), 11(2)
F3Words in s. 73(3) inserted (16.11.2009) by The Registration of Marriages etc. (Electronic Communications and Electronic Storage) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2821), arts. 1(1), 11(3)
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