The Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2294
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

(2) They come into force on 7th October 2013.

(3) In these Regulations, the “ 2005 Regulations ” means the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005 .

(4) These Regulations apply to an application for approval received by an authority on or after the day on which they come into force.

(5) In paragraph (4), “application for approval” and “authority” have the same meaning as in the 2005 Regulations.

Section 2 Amendments to the 2005 Regulations

(1) The 2005 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1)(a) (public consultation): for “fully” substitute “finally”.

(3) Above the entry for the Society of Friends in the table in Schedule A1 (persons who must consent to an application for approval of religious premises)—

(a) in the first column of the table, insert “Place of meeting for religious worship of the United Reformed Church”, and

(b) in the second column of the table, insert “General Assembly of the United Reformed Church”.