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The Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law (No. 2) Order 2014

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Notice of intended marriage

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4.—(1) Before any marriage can be solemnized under this Order, one of the parties to the proposed marriage must give notice to a registration officer of the parties’ intention to marry.

(2) The notice of intention to marry must be given to the registration officer within whose consular district both of the parties have had their residence for the period of seven days ending on the day on which the notice is given.

(3) The notice of intention to marry must contain the following details of each of the parties to the proposed marriage—

(a)forenames;

(b)surname;

(c)nationality;

(d)date of birth;

(e)sex;

(f)address;

(g)marital condition;

(4) The notice of intention to marry must also contain the following details—

(a)the part of the United Kingdom, which must be either England and Wales or Scotland, which the parties have jointly elected as the relevant part of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the marriage; and

(b)the date on which the notice was given.

(5) The registration officer must retain every notice of intended marriage and must display a true copy of the notice, and the contact details of the person to whom any notice of objection to the proposed marriage should be sent, in a conspicuous place in the consular district of the registration officer for the period of 14 days ending on the day on which the solemnization of the marriage to which the notice relates may take place.

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