SCHEDULE 1Consequential and related amendments

PART 1Marriage Act 1949

Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)22

1

Section 31A of the 1949 Act (appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA)53 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for “certificate, the person applying for it” substitute “marriage schedule, the parties to the marriage”.

3

In subsection (2)(b), for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”.

4

In subsection (2A), for “certificate” (in both places it appears) substitute “marriage schedule”.

5

In subsection (3)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”;

b

in paragraph (b), for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”;

c

in the words after paragraph (b), for “applicant for the certificate” substitute “parties making the appeal”.

6

In subsection (3A)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”;

b

in the words after paragraph (b), for “person making the appeal is” substitute “parties making the appeal are”.

7

In subsection (4), for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”.