The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Extent

    3. 3.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Provision of evidence

    1. 4.Amendment of section 28B of the 1949 Act

  4. PART 3 Marriage under marriage schedule

    1. 5.Amendment of section 31 of the 1949 Act

  5. PART 4 Registration of marriages

    1. 6.Repeal of sections 53 to 62 of the 1949 Act

    2. 7.Registration of marriages

  6. PART 5 Amendment of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Acts 1915 and 1916

    1. 8.Amendment of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915

    2. 9.Amendment of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916

  7. PART 6 Consequential and Transitional Provision

    1. 10.Consequential and related amendments

    2. 11.Transitional Provision

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Consequential and related amendments

      1. PART 1 Marriage Act 1949

        1. 1.Amendment of Part 1 of the 1949 Act (restrictions on marriage)

        2. 2.Amendment of Part 2 of the 1949 Act (marriage according to the rites of the Church of England)

        3. 3.(1) Section 7 of the 1949 Act (time and manner...

        4. 4.In the italic heading before section 17 of the 1949...

        5. 5.In section 17 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent...

        6. 6.In section 18 of the 1949 Act (publication of banns...

        7. 7.After section 21 of the 1949 Act (authorising of publication...

        8. 8.(1) Section 25 of the 1949 Act (void marriages) is...

        9. 9.Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)

        10. 10.In the italic heading before section 26 of the 1949...

        11. 11.In the following sections of the 1949 Act, for “two...

        12. 12.(1) Section 27 of the 1949 Act (notice of marriage)...

        13. 13.(1) Section 27ZA of the 1949 Act (entry of particulars...

        14. 14.(1) Section 27A of the 1949 Act (additional information required...

        15. 15.(1) Section 27B of the 1949 Act (provisions relating to...

        16. 16.In section 27E(9)(c) of the 1949 Act (recording of additional...

        17. 17.In section 28 of the 1949 Act (declaration to accompany...

        18. 18.In section 28A(2) of the 1949 Act (power to require...

        19. 19.(1) Section 29 of the 1949 Act (caveat against issue...

        20. 20.For section 30 of the 1949 Act (forbidding of issue...

        21. 21.(1) Section 31ZA of the 1949 Act (notice of marriage:...

        22. 22.(1) Section 31A of the 1949 Act (appeal on refusal...

        23. 23.(1) Section 33 of the 1949 Act (period of validity...

        24. 24.In section 34 of the 1949 Act (marriage normally to...

        25. 25.(1) Section 35 of the 1949 Act (marriages in registration...

        26. 26.In section 37(1) of the 1949 Act (one party resident...

        27. 27.(1) Section 39 of the 1949 Act (issue of certificates...

        28. 28.(1) Section 39A of the 1949 Act (marriage of former...

        29. 29.Omit section 40 of the 1949 Act (forms of certificate...

        30. 30.(1) Section 44 of the 1949 Act (solemnization of marriage...

        31. 31.In section 45(1) of the 1949 Act (solemnization of marriage...

        32. 32.(1) Section 46 of the 1949 Act (register office marriage...

        33. 33.(1) Section 47 of the 1949 Act (marriages according to...

        34. 34.(1) Section 49 of the 1949 Act (void marriages) is...

        35. 35.(1) Section 50 of the 1949 Act (person to whom...

        36. 36.Amendment of Part 4 of the 1949 Act (registration of marriages)

        37. 37.For section 64 of the 1949 Act (searches of indexes...

        38. 38.In section 65 of the 1949 Act (searches of indexes...

        39. 39.(1) Section 65A of the 1949 Act (searches and records...

        40. 40.(1) Section 67 of the 1949 Act (interpretation of Part...

        41. 41.Amendment of Part 5 of the 1949 Act (marriages in naval, military, and air force chapels)

        42. 42.Amendment of Part 6 of the 1949 Act (general)

        43. 43.(1) Section 74 of the 1949 Act (regulations and approval...

        44. 44.(1) Section 75 of the 1949 Act (offences relating to...

        45. 45.(1) Section 76 of the 1949 Act (offences relating to...

        46. 46.After section 76 of the 1949 Act insert— Offence of...

        47. 47.(1) In section 78 of the 1949 Act (interpretation), subsection...

        48. 48.Amendment of Schedule 3A to the 1949 Act (modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H)

        49. 49.Amendment of Schedule 4 to the 1949 Act (provisions of Act which are excluded or modified in their application to naval, military and air force chapels)

      2. PART 2 Other primary legislation

        1. 50.Amendment of the Perjury Act 1911

        2. 51.Amendment of the Census Act 1920

        3. 52.Amendment of the City of London (Guild Churches) Act 1952

        4. 53.Amendment of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956

        5. 54.Amendment of the Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969

        6. 55.Amendment of the Family Law Reform Act 1969

        7. 56.Amendment of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970

        8. 57.Amendment of the Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978

        9. 58.Amendment of the Marriage Act 1983

        10. 59.Amendment of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004

        11. 60.Amendment of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

        12. 61.Amendment of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

        13. 62.Amendment of the Immigration Act 2014

      3. PART 3 Secondary legislation

        1. 63.Amendment of the Order in Council under the Naval Marriages Act 1908 adapting provisions of Enactments and Rules as to Publication of Banns and Issue of Certificates 1908

        2. 64.Amendment of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952

        3. 65.Amendment of the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005

        4. 66.Amendment of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014

        5. 67.Amendment of the Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law (No. 2) Order 2014

        6. 68.Amendment of the Gender Recognition Register (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2015

        7. 69.Amendment of the Referral of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships Regulations 2015

        8. 70.Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015

        9. 71.Amendment of the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016

        10. 72.Amendment of the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Transitional provision

      1. 1.Interpretation

      2. 2.Consent given to marriage of persons under eighteen

      3. 3.Issue of marriage document before 4th May 2021 for marriage on or after that date

      4. 4.Effect of notice of marriage given before 4th May 2021

      5. 5.Effect of caveat entered before 4th May 2021

      6. 6.Effect of forbidding before 4th May 2021 in relation to the issue of a certificate by a superintendent registrar

      7. 7.Effect of forbidding before 4th May 2021 in relation to the issue of a certificate on board one of Her Majesty’s ships

      8. 8.Issue of marriage schedule before 4th May 2021 for marriage on or after that date

      9. 9.Appeal on refusal to issue a certificate for a marriage to be solemnized on or after 4th May 2021

      10. 10.Effect of notices of marriage given before 4th May 2021 on board Her Majesty’s ships

      11. 11.Effect of certificates issued before 4th May 2021 on board Her Majesty’s ships

      12. 12.Registration of marriage solemnized before 4th May 2021 on or after that date

      13. 13.First quarterly return after 4th May 2021

      14. 14.Prosecution of offence of failure to make quarterly return

      15. 15.Period of validity of Registrar General’s licence and offence of solemnization of marriage after one month from date of entry of notice

      16. 16.Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 and Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916

      17. 17.These Regulations do not affect the continuation in force of...

      18. 18.(1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

      19. 19.Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956

      20. 20.Operation of section 16 or 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978

      21. 21.Correction of completed entries in marriage register books

  9. Explanatory Note