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2.—(1) Any person is entitled to obtain, from the Registrar General for England and Wales or from the Registrar General for Scotland, a certified copy of any of the documents specified in sub-paragraph (3) transmitted to that Registrar General in accordance with article 7 of the Foreign Marriage Order 1970(1) on payment of a fee.
(2) The fee payable under sub-paragraph (1) is the same fee as is for the time being charged by that Registrar General for the provision of a certified copy of, and any necessary search for, an entry in the records in their custody of marriages performed in England and Wales or Scotland, as the case may be.
(3) The documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a)a certificate of a foreign marriage,
(b)any translation of such a certificate,
(c)any certificate produced by a consular officer regarding the accuracy of the translation.
(4) A certified copy provided by a Registrar General under sub-paragraph (1) of any entry in the register under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 is sufficient evidence of the formation of a foreign marriage.
(5) In this paragraph a “foreign marriage” means a marriage solemnized in a foreign country.
Article 7 was amended by S.I. 1990/598 and revoked by S.I. 2013/2875 subject to saving provision.
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