The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1172

Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages Etc, England And Wales

The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made

26th April 2011

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Registrar General(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(1), 74(1)(b) and 78(1) of the Marriage Act 1949(2) as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993(3), with the approval of the Secretary of State(4) makes the following Regulations:

(1)

The Registrar General may make Regulations prescribing anything which by the Marriage Act 1949 is required to be prescribed. (Prescribed is defined in section 78 of the Act).

(2)

1949 c.76.

(3)

1993 c.38.

(4)

The Registrar General with the approval of the Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing anything which by the Marriage Act is required to be prescribed. The function of approving regulations was transferred to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by article 3(1) of and paragraph 5(e) of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/678).