The Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986

Made: 20th August 1986

Coming into Operation

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PART I — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART II — PRELIMINARIES TO MARRIAGE

Forms of notice of marriage

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Endorsement on notice of marriage

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Statements and particulars for intended marriage of house-bound or detained person

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Declaration for intended marriage of certain persons related by affinity

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Authorities for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar and by the Registrar General

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Form of instructions for solemnization of a marriage in a registered building without the presence of a registrar

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Combination of forms

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PART III — REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE (INCLUDING DUTIES OF REGISTRAR)

Form of registration of particulars and place of registration

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Manner of registration

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Entry of attestation

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Signing the register

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PART IV — CORRECTION OF ERRORS

Time when entry is complete

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Correction of errors before entry is complete

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Correction of errors in completed entry

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Copy of corrected or annotated entry to be sent to Registrar General

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PART V — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Quarterly certified copies

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Applications for certificates for certain purposes

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Offences and proceedings

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Consequential amendments

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Revocations and transitional provision

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SCHEDULE 1 — PRESCRIBED FORMS

Form 1

Notice of marriage without licence

Regulation 3(a)

Form 2

Notice of marriage with licence

Regulation 3(b)

Form 3

Notice of marriage by Registrar General's Licence

Regulation 3(c)

Form 4

Endorsement on notice of marriage

Regulation 4

Form 5

Statement by registered medical practitioner

Regulation 5(a)

Form 6

Statement by responsible authority

Regulation 5(b)

Form 7

Particulars of person by or before whom marriage is to be solemnized

Regulation 5(c)

Form 8

Declaration for marriages of certain persons related by affinity

Regulation 6

Form 9

Certificate for marriage

Regulation 7(1)

Form 10

Certificate and licence for marriage

Regulation 7(2)

Form 11

Registrar General's licence for marriage

Regulation 7(3)

Form 12

Form of instructions

Regulation 8

Form 13

Form of marriage entry

Regulation 10(1)

Form 14

Quarterly return of marriages

Regulation 18(a)

Form 15

Certificate of no registration

Regulation 18(b)

SCHEDULE 2 — REVOCATIONS

Signed

Given under my hand on 7th August 1986.

A. R. Thatcher — Registrar General

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Trumpington — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department of Health and Social Security — 20th August 1986

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: section 27A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 (c.32) and section 27B by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c.16); section 74 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 (c.37).

[^f00002]: In relation to the references to the Minister of Health in section 74 of the Marriage Act 1949 and section 20 of the Registration Service Act 1953, see the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2.

[^f00003]: Section 26(1)(dd) was inserted by paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00004]: Section 27A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00005]: Section 1(2) was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986.

[^f00006]: Section 27B was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986.

[^f00007]: section 10 was amended by Part III of Schedule 6 to the Post Office Act 1969 (c.48) and by Schedule 4 to the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1985 (c.58) and by the Schedule to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Fees Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1960).

[^f00008]: the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1982/955.

Editorial notes

[^key-8131b76ad69ea015a47aae8c063443f8]: Regulations revoked (2.3.2015) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/207), reg. 1, Sch. 4 [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. Revised versions of how the S.I. stood at its original commencement are available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version from the left-hand menu. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources' above]

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