SCHEDULE 1Consequential and related amendments
PART 1Marriage Act 1949
Amendment of Part 3 of the 1949 Act (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)
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(1)
(2)
In the heading, for “certificate” substitute “marriage schedule”.
(3)
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This section applies where the parties to a marriage have been issued a marriage schedule under section 31(4).”.
(4)
In subsection (1) —
(a)
for “Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of certificates of a superintendent registrar, the certificates shall be delivered to the following person, that is to say” substitute “The parties to the marriage must deliver the marriage schedule to the following person”;
(b)
omit paragraphs (a), (c) and (cc);
(c)
in paragraph (d), for “the registering” substitute “an”;
(d)
in paragraph (e), for “is required to be registered under Part IV of this Act” substitute “schedule is required to be signed in accordance with section 53C”.
(5)
Omit subsection (3).