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.