30.—(1) Section 44 of the 1949 Act (solemnization of marriage in registered building)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “certificates issued by a superintendent registrar” substitute “the marriage schedule”.
(3) Omit subsection (4).
(4) In subsection (5), for “due registration of marriages by an authorised person under Part IV of this Act and for the safe custody of marriage register books” substitute “solemnization of marriages or signing of marriage schedules in accordance with the provisions of this Act”.
Section 44 was amended by section 1(1) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 (c. 34), paragraph 23 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.