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2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations extend to England and Wales only.
(2) Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by these Regulations of a provision has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.
(3) This regulation and the following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—
(a)regulation 1 (citation and commencement);
(b)regulation 3 (interpretation);
(c)in Schedule 2 (transitional provision)—
(i)paragraph 1 (interpretation);
(ii)paragraph 2 (transitional provision relating to consent given to marriage of persons under eighteen);
(iii)paragraph 4 (transitional provision relating to effect of notice of marriage given before 4th May 2021);
(iv)paragraph 5 (transitional provision relating to effect of caveats);
(v)paragraph 6 (transitional provision relating to forbidding);
(vi)paragraph 9 (transitional provision relating to appeals on refusal to issue a certificate for marriage);
(vii)paragraphs 16 to 18 (transitional provision relating to the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915(1) and the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916(2));
(viii)paragraph 19 (transitional provision relating to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956);
(ix)paragraph 20 (operation of sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978).
1915 c. 40. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affected the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.
1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.
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