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Statutory Instrument

The Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021

Citation
S.I. 2021/539
As at
Sections
3
Section 1Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021.

(2) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 4th May 2021—

(a) this regulation;

(b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulations 3, 5 and 9(1) of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 .

(3) The following provisions of these Regulations come into force on 14th May 2021—

(a) regulation 2;

(b) regulation 3 so far as it revokes regulation 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952.

(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Section 2Manner and time of certification under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949

(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (appointment of authorised persons for certain buildings and chapels registered for solemnization of marriage) .

(2) The prescribed manner in which the name and address of a person authorised under that section are to be certified is by sending a written notice of the name and address to the required recipients which—

(a) includes the information required by paragraph (4), and

(b) is signed by each of the persons certifying that name and address or, in the case of certification by a governing body, by each member of the governing body.

(3) The prescribed time within which the person’s name and address are to be certified is the period ending at the end of the day after the day on which the person is authorised.

(4) The information required by this paragraph is—

(a) the name and address of the registered building or chapel in respect of which the person is authorised,

(b) the date on which the person was authorised,

(c) the reference number allocated to the registered building or chapel by the Registrar General, and

(d) the name and address of each person required to sign the notification under paragraph (2)(b).

(5) In paragraph (2) the “required recipients” are the persons to whom section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 requires the name and address of the person authorised under that section to be certified.

Section 3Amendments to the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 9(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 are revoked.

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