SCHEDULE 1Consequential and related amendments
PART 1Marriage Act 1949
Amendment of Part 6 of the 1949 Act (general)43
1
Section 74 of the 1949 Act (regulations and approval of electronic forms etc)74 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), after paragraph (b), insert—
;
c
making provision in relation to—
i
corrections to or the re-issue of a marriage schedule or marriage document before the marriage is solemnized;
ii
the keeping of a signed marriage schedule or signed marriage document after the particulars set out in it have been entered in the marriage register;
iii
corrections to entries entered under this Act in the marriage register or a marriage register book;
iv
the keeping of marriage register books in which the particulars of a marriage have been entered under this Act;
v
the keeping in a church or chapel of records of marriages solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England in the church or chapel
3
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) “provision in relation to” the keeping of a book, document or other record includes, in particular, provision about—
a
who is to be responsible for keeping the book, document or other record and how it is to be stored;
b
the circumstances in which the book, document or other record must or may be annotated;
c
the circumstances in which the book, document or other record must or may be sent to the Registrar General or a superintendent registrar.