The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986

PART II PRELIMINARIES TO MARRIAGE

Forms of notice of marriage

3.  The form of notice of marriage to be given shall be—

(a) under section 27(1) of the Act (marriage intended to be solemnized on authority of certificate of superintendent registrar without licence), form 1;

(b) under section 27(2) of the Act (marriage intended to be solemnized on authority of certificate of superintendent registrar by licence), form 2;

(c) under section 2(1) of the 1970 Act (marriage intended to be solemnized on authority of Registrar General's licence), form 3.

Endorsement on notice of marriage

4.  The form of endorsement on the notice of marriage to be made under section 35(1) of the Act (marriage intended to be solemnized in a registered building which is not within a registration district in which either party resides) shall be form 4.

Statements and particulars for intended marriage of house-bound or detained person

5.  Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of the Act(1) at the residence of a house-bound or detained person (defined in section 27A(1) of the Act(2) as a “relevant person”)—

(a) the form of medical statement which if the relevant person is not a detained person is (pursuant to section 27A(2) of the Act) to accompany the notice of marriage shall be form 5;

(b) the form of statement which if the relevant person is a detained person is (pursuant to section 27A(3) of the Act) to accompany the notice of marriage shall be form 6;

(c) the form of particulars of the person by or before whom the marriage is intended to be solemnized which (pursuant to section 27A(4) of the Act) are required to be given to the superintendent registrar shall be form 7 and the particulars required to be given shall be those there specified.

Declaration for intended marriage of certain persons related by affinity

6.—(1) Where a marriage mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act(3) is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the form of declaration to be made, pursuant to section 27B(2)(b) of the Act(4), by each of the persons to be married shall be form 8.

(2) A declaration mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be signed, in the space provided, by the person making it in the presence of the superintendent registrar who shall then, in the space provided, sign the declaration as witness and add his description.

(3) The superintendent registrar referred to in paragraph (2) is the superintendent registrar or, as the case may be, either of the two superintendent registrars, to whom notice of the marriage is required to be given.

Authorities for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar and by the Registrar General

7.—(1) The form of certificate for marriage to be issued by a superintendent registrar under section 31(2) of the Act (marriage without licence) shall be form 9.

(2) The form of certificate and licence for marriage to be issued by a superintendent registrar under section 32(2) of the Act (marriage by licence) shall be form 10.

(3) The form of the Registrar General's licence for marriage to be issued under section 7 of the 1970 Act shall be form 11.

Form of instructions for solemnization of a marriage in a registered building without the presence of a registrar

8.  The form of instructions to be given by a superintendent registrar under section 31(5) or 32(4) of the Act, as the case may be, to one of the persons whose marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice has been given requiring the presence of a registrar, shall be form 12.

Combination of forms

9.  Any form prescribed by this Part of these regulations may be combined with any other such form.

(1)

Section 26(1)(dd) was inserted by paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

(2)

Section 27A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

(3)

Section 1(2) was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986.

(4)

Section 27B was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986.