Part VI General

C2C374C1F5Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.

F31

The Registrar General, with the approval of F2the Secretary of State, may by statutory instrument make regulations—

a

prescribing the duties of . . . F1 authorised persons under this Act;

b

prescribing any thing which by this Act F7(other than section 71A) is required to be prescribed F8;

c

making provision in relation to—

i

corrections to or the re-issue of a marriage schedule or marriage document before the marriage is solemnized;

ii

the keeping of a signed marriage schedule or signed marriage document after the particulars set out in it have been entered in the marriage register;

iii

corrections to entries entered under this Act in the marriage register or a marriage register book;

iv

the keeping of marriage register books in which the particulars of a marriage have been entered under this Act;

v

the keeping in a church or chapel of records of marriages solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England in the church or chapel

F91A

For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) “provision in relation to” the keeping of a book, document or other record includes, in particular, provision about—

a

who is to be responsible for keeping the book, document or other record and how it is to be stored;

b

the circumstances in which the book, document or other record must or may be annotated;

c

the circumstances in which the book, document or other record must or may be sent to the Registrar General or a superintendent registrar.

F42

The Registrar General may approve forms of electronic communications or electronic storage for the purposes of a provision of this Act; and a reference in this Act to an approved electronic form is to a form approved under this subsection for the purposes of that provision.

F63

Any order or regulations made under this Act may make different provision for different cases.