Amendment of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952
3.—(1) The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952(1) are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 20, insert—
“20A. In column 7 (fathers name and surname) if either party wishes to record a step-father’s name instead of the father’s name, the authorised person shall enter the word “step-father” after the surname, provided he is or has been married to the mother.”.
(1)
S.I. 1952/1869 as amended by S.I. 1965/528, S.I. 1971/1216, S.I. 1974/573, S.I. 1986/1444, S.I. 2000/3164 and S.I. 2005/3177.