Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986

2.—(1) The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 11(4) insert—

“(4A) In column 7, if either party to the marriage wishes to record a step-father’s name instead of the father’s name, the registrar shall enter the word “step-father” after the surname, provided he is or has been married to the mother.”.

(1)

S.I. 1986/1442 as amended by S.I. 1995/744, S.I. 1997/2204, S.I. 2000/3164, S.I. 2005/155 and S.I. 2005/3177.