The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

the reference in section 31(4A) of the 1949 Act (marriage under marriage schedule: meaning of waiting period)[^f00115], as amended by these Regulations, to the day on which the notice of marriage was recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form.

• (7) In determining the applicable period in relation to the marriage for the purposes of section 33 of the 1949 Act (period of validity of marriage schedule)[^f00116] as amended by these Regulations—

• (a) the reference in subsection (3) of section 33 of that Act to the day on which the notice of marriage was recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form,

• (b) the reference in subsection (4) of section 33 of that Act to the notices of marriage not being recorded in the marriage register on the same date is to be read as a reference to the notices of marriage not being entered in the marriage notice book, in an approved electronic form or (as the case may be) recorded in the marriage register on the same date, and

• (c) the reference in subsection (5) of section 39A of that Act (marriage of former civil partners one of whom has changed sex: period of validity of certificate)[^f00117] to the day on which the notice of marriage was recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book.

• (8) In determining the applicable period in relation to the marriage for the purposes of section 33 of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations and applied by section 1 of the 1956 Act as so amended, the reference in subsection (3) of section 33 of the 1949 Act to the day on which the notice of marriage was recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day on which the notice of marriage was entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form.

• (9) In determining the meaning of “relevant statutory period” for the purposes of—

• (a) section 48 of the Immigration Act 2014 (decision whether to investigate marriage referred under section 28H of the 1949 Act)[^f00118] as amended by these Regulations, and

• (b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 3A to the 1949 Act (modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H)[^f00119] as amended by these Regulations,

the reference in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant statutory period” in section 62(1) of the Immigration Act 2014 (interpretation)[^f00120], as amended by these Regulations, to the day after notice of the proposed marriage is recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day after notice of the proposed marriage is entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form.

• (10) In determining the meaning of “relevant 70 day period” for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 3A to the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, the reference in paragraph 3(7)(a) of that Schedule to the day after notice of the proposed marriage is recorded in the marriage register is to be read as a reference to the day after notice of the proposed marriage is entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form.

• (11) In this paragraph, references to a notice of marriage being entered in the marriage notice book or in an approved electronic form are references to a notice being so entered by virtue of section 27 of the 1949 Act (notice of marriage).

Effect of caveat entered before 4th May 2021

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• (1) A caveat entered under section 29 of the 1949 Act (caveat against issue of certificate)[^f00121] against the issue of a certificate by a superintendent registrar and in force immediately before 4th May 2021 is to be treated, on and after that date, for the purposes of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, as a caveat entered against the issue of a marriage schedule.

• (2) Any—

• (a) refusal, made under section 29(2) of the 1949 Act before 4th May 2021, to issue a certificate, or

• (b) confirmation of the Registrar General, made under section 29(3) of the 1949 Act before 4th May 2021, in relation to a certificate,

is to be treated on and after that date as a refusal or (as the case may be) confirmation in relation to a marriage schedule or, where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act (notice of marriage to be solemnized in Scotland), an approved certificate.

• (3) Any appeal under section 29(3) of the 1949 Act against a refusal by a superintendent registrar to issue a certificate which is ongoing immediately before 4th May 2021 is to be treated on and after that date, for the purposes of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, as an appeal against a refusal to issue a marriage schedule or, where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act, an approved certificate.

• (4) Any direction of the Registrar General, made under section 29(3) of the 1949 Act before 4th May 2021, that a certificate be issued is to be treated on and after that date as a direction, to the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized, to issue—

• (a) a marriage schedule, once satisfied that any of the conditions in section 31(3) of the 1949 Act (conditions for issuing marriage schedule), as amended by these Regulations, is met, or

• (b) an approved certificate, where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act and the waiting period mentioned in section 31(3)(a) of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations, has expired in relation to that notice.

• (5) A caveat entered under section 29 of the 1949 Act (as applied by section 39(2) of that Act (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s ships)[^f00122]) against the issue of a certificate under section 39 and in force immediately before 4th May 2021 is to be treated, on and after that date, for the purposes of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, as a caveat against the issue of a certificate under section 39 in respect of a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule.

Effect of forbidding before 4th May 2021 in relation to the issue of a certificate by a superintendent registrar

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a person (“P”) has, before 4th May 2021, forbidden the issue of a certificate for marriage by a superintendent registrar under section 30 of the 1949 Act (forbidding of issue of certificate)[^f00123],

• (b) the marriage concerned is not solemnized before that date, and

• (c) immediately before that date, either or both of the persons to be married still require consent under section 3 of the 1949 Act (marriages of persons under eighteen) from P.

• (2) Where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 27 of the 1949 Act (notice of marriage), P is to be treated, on and after 4th May 2021, as having forbidden the issue of a marriage schedule under section 30(1) of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations.

• (3) Where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act (notice of marriage to be solemnized in Scotland), P is to be treated, on and after 4th May 2021, as having forbidden the issue of an approved certificate under section 30(1) of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations and as modified by section 1 of the 1956 Act, as so amended.

• (4) The relevant superintendent registrar must, as soon as reasonably practicable, ensure the following is recorded in the marriage register—

• (a) that P forbids the issue of a marriage schedule or (as the case may be) approved certificate,

• (b) P’s name and place of residence, and

• (c) P’s capacity, in relation to either or both of the persons to be married, in which P forbids the issue of a marriage schedule or (as the case may be) approved certificate.

• (5) The relevant superintendent registrar must also ensure that information recorded under sub-paragraph (4) is open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.

• (6) In this paragraph “relevant superintendent registrar” means—

• (a) in a case where the issue of a certificate for marriage was forbidden in accordance with subsection (2) of section 30 of the 1949 Act, the superintendent registrar mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, or

• (b) in any other case, the superintendent registrar who keeps the marriage notice book mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.

Effect of forbidding before 4th May 2021 in relation to the issue of a certificate on board one of Her Majesty’s ships

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) before 4th May 2021, a person has, under section 30 of the 1949 Act (forbidding of issue of certificate) (as it is applied by section 39(2) of that Act (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s ships)), forbidden the issue of a certificate under section 39 of that Act,

• (b) the marriage concerned is not solemnized before that date, and

• (c) immediately before that date, either or both of the persons to be married still require consent under section 3 of the 1949 Act (marriages of persons under eighteen) from the person mentioned in paragraph (a).

• (2) On and after 4th May 2021, the person is to be treated as having forbidden the issue of a certificate under section 39 in respect of a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule.

Issue of marriage schedule before 4th May 2021 for marriage on or after that date

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• (1) This paragraph applies, before 4th May 2021, in a case where—

• (a) a marriage is to be solemnized on or after that date, and

• (b) the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized is satisfied that one of conditions A to D is met.

• (2) Condition A is that a certificate for marriage has been issued, or (disregarding this paragraph) is required to be issued, under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act (marriage under certificate without licence)[^f00124] to each of the persons to be married.

• (3) Condition B is that—

• (a) one of the persons to be married resides in Scotland,

• (b) the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized has received a certificate issued to that person under section 7(2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (issue of certificate for marriage outside Scotland where a party resides in Scotland)[^f00125], and

• (c) a certificate for marriage has been issued, or (disregarding this paragraph) is required to be issued, under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act to the other person to be married.

• (4) Condition C is that—

• (a) one of the persons to be married is an officer, seaman or marine borne on the books of one of Her Majesty’s ships at sea,

• (b) the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the other person to be married resides has received a certificate issued under section 39 of the 1949 Act (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s ships) to the person referred to in sub-paragraph (a), and

• (c) a certificate for marriage has been issued, or (disregarding this paragraph) is required to be issued, under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act to the other person to be married.

• (5) Condition D is that—

• (a) one of the persons to be married is a British subject resident in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which section 1 of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere)[^f00126] applies,

• (b) the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized has received a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage issued to that person in accordance with the law in force in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions, and

• (c) a certificate for marriage has been issued, or (disregarding this paragraph) is required to be issued, under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act to the other person to be married.

• (6) The superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized must issue a marriage schedule under section 31 of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations (ignoring paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of that section and the requirement that a condition in subsection (3) of that section be met).

• (7) Where a superintendent registrar issues a marriage schedule under section 31 in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), any superintendent registrar who would otherwise be required to issue a certificate under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act in respect of the marriage is no longer required to do so.

• (8) Where this paragraph applies and a certificate under section 31(2) of the 1949 Act has yet to be issued, the references in section 28A(2)(b) (power to require evidence of consent to marriages of same sex couples)[^f00127] and section 30(1) (forbidding of issue of certificate)[^f00128] of that Act to any time before the issue of the certificate are to be read as references to any time before the issue of a marriage schedule under section 31 in accordance with sub-paragraph (6).

• (9) Where a superintendent registrar refuses to issue a marriage schedule under section 31 of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations, in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), on the basis that, relying on section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA of that Act (notice of marriage: false information or evidence)[^f00129], a certificate is not required to be issued, the following apply as amended by these Regulations—

• (a) section 31A of that Act (appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA)[^f00130], and

• (b) where section 31ZA of that Act is relied on, subsection (2) of that section.

• (10) Subsection (3)(a) to (c) of section 75 of the 1949 Act (offences relating to issue of marriage schedule)[^f00131] as amended by these Regulations applies in respect of issuing marriage schedules before 4th May 2021, but as if—

• (a) the reference in subsection (3)(a) of that section to none of the conditions in section 31(3) being met were a reference to none of conditions A to D being met, and

• (b) for subsection (3)(c) of that section there were substituted—

(c) issues a marriage schedule where a certificate in respect of the marriage concerned has been forbidden under section 30 of this Act by any person entitled to forbid the issue of such a certificate;

Appeal on refusal to issue a certificate for a marriage to be solemnized on or after 4th May 2021

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• (1) For the purposes of section 31A of the 1949 Act (appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA), as amended by these Regulations, a refusal by a superintendent registrar to issue a certificate before 4th May 2021, which is not appealed before that date, is to be treated on and after 4th May 2021 as a refusal to issue—

• (a) a marriage schedule, or

• (b) where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act (notice of marriage to be solemnized in Scotland), an approved certificate.

• (2) An appeal under section 31A against a refusal by a superintendent registrar to issue a certificate which is ongoing immediately before 4th May 2021 is to be treated on and after that date as an appeal under section 31A, as amended by these Regulations, against a refusal to issue—

• (a) a marriage schedule, or

• (b) where notice of the marriage concerned was given under section 1 of the 1956 Act, an approved certificate.

• (3) Where sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) applies, section 31A applies as if—

• (a) for subsection (2)(b) there were substituted—

(b) direct the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized to issue a marriage schedule, once satisfied that one of the conditions in section 31(3) of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations, is met.

, and

• (b) the reference, in subsection (2A)(b), to a direction that a marriage schedule be issued were a reference to a direction under subsection (2)(b).

• (4) Where notice of marriage has been given under section 27 of the 1949 Act (notice of marriage) and—

• (a) the Registrar General has directed, under section 31A(2)(b), before 4th May 2021, that a certificate be issued, and

• (b) no certificate or marriage schedule has been issued before that date,

that direction is to be treated on and after 4th May 2021 as a direction, to the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is to be solemnized, to issue a marriage schedule, once satisfied that one of the conditions in section 31(3) of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations, is met.

• (5) Where notice of marriage has been given under section 1 of the 1956 Act and—

• (a) the Registrar General has directed, under section 31A(2)(b), before 4th May 2021, that a certificate be issued, and

• (b) no certificate or approved certificate has been issued before that date,

that direction is to be treated on and after 4th May 2021 as a direction, to the superintendent registrar to whom notice was given, to issue an approved certificate, once satisfied that the waiting period mentioned in section 31(3)(a) of the 1949 Act, as amended by these Regulations, has expired in relation to that notice.

Effect of notices of marriage given before 4th May 2021 on board Her Majesty’s ships

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a notice under section 39(1) of the 1949 Act (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s ships) is—

• (i) given before 4th May 2021, and

• (ii) in force immediately before that date, and

• (b) the marriage concerned is not solemnized before 4th May 2021.

• (2) The amendments made by these Regulations do not affect the continuation in force of the notice, which is to be treated on and after 4th May 2021, for the purposes of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, as a notice under section 39(1) of that Act of a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule.

Effect of certificates issued before 4th May 2021 on board Her Majesty’s ships

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a certificate is—

• (i) issued under section 39 of the 1949 Act (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s ships) before 4th May 2021, and

• (ii) in force immediately before that date, and

• (b) the marriage concerned is not solemnized before 4th May 2021.

• (2) The amendments made by these Regulations do not affect the continuation in force of the certificate, which is to be treated on and after that date, for the purposes of the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations, as a certificate issued under section 39 of that Act in respect of a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule.

Registration of marriage solemnized before 4th May 2021 on or after that date

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For the purposes of registering marriages solemnized before 4th May 2021 but not registered before that date—

• (a) Part 4 of the 1949 Act (registration of marriages) has effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made,

• (b) the following provisions of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015[^f00132] have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made—

• (i) regulation 3 (completion of forms),

• (ii) Part 3 (registration of marriages),

• (iii) regulations 16 to 18 (correction of errors),

• (iv) Schedules 1 (prescribed forms) and 2 (forms of words in English and Welsh), and

• (c) the following provisions of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952[^f00133] continue to have effect as if not omitted by these Regulations—

• (i) the definition of “registration district” in regulation 2 (interpretation),

• (ii) regulation 6, 7 and 10 to 25 (registration of marriages and errors discovered before completion of entry).

First quarterly return after 4th May 2021

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• (1) Row 12 of the table in Schedule 1 to the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016[^f00134] (sum paid by superintendent registrar upon delivery of a certified copy) continues to apply (as if not omitted by these Regulations), with the modification in sub-paragraph (2), in relation to the delivery of any certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book required by section 57(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (quarterly returns to be made to superintendent registrar)[^f00135] to be delivered before 1st August 2021.

• (2) In column 4 of Row 12 of the table in Schedule 1 to the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016, the reference to the authorised person with custody of the marriage register book within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 is to be read as a reference to the authorised person, within the meaning given in sub-paragraph (3), required by law to keep the marriage register book.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (2) “authorised person” means a person whose name and address have been certified under section 43 or 43B of the 1949 Act (appointment of authorised persons for buildings and chapels registered for solemnization of marriage)[^f00136].

• (4) The requirements of regulation 8 of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 (custody of register books and forms) relating to forms for certified copies continue to apply in relation to a registered building (within the meaning of that regulation) until the requirements under section 57 of the 1949 Act have been complied with in respect of all marriage register books to which that section applies relating to the registration of marriages solemnized in that building.

Prosecution of offence of failure to make quarterly return

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Regulation 23(2) of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 (proceedings in respect of an offence under section 76(1) or (2) of the 1949 Act) has effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made, in relation to any offence committed on or before 1st August 2021 under section 76(2) of the 1949 Act (offences relating to registration of marriages)[^f00137].

Period of validity of Registrar General’s licence and offence of solemnization of marriage after one month from date of entry of notice

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a notice of marriage is entered in a marriage notice book in accordance with section 2 of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 (notice of marriage)[^f00138] before 4th May 2021, and

• (b) the marriage is not solemnized before that date.

• (2) Sections 8(1) and 16(1)(c) of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 (period of validity of licence and offence of solemnising marriage after expiry of validity of Registrar General’s licence) have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 and Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a marriage is to be solemnized or contracted in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which section 1 of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere) applies between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England or Wales, and

• (b) immediately before 4th May 2021—

• (i) a notice of marriage, given under the 1949 Act, is in force, and

• (ii) a certificate for marriage has not been issued under the 1949 Act.

• (2) On and after 4th May 2021, the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915, the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916[^f00139] and the 1949 Act have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

• (3) Regulation 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 (forms of certificate and Registrar General’s licence for marriage) have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.

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These Regulations do not affect the continuation in force of any certificate issued under section 1(1)(b) of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere) before 4th May 2021.

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• (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

• (a) a marriage is to be solemnized on or after 4th May 2021,

• (b) one of the persons to be married is a British subject resident in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which section 1 of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere) applies,

• (c) a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage is issued to that person before 4th May 2021 in accordance with the law in force in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions,

• (d) the other person to be married gives notice of the marriage in accordance with the 1949 Act before 4th May 2021, and

• (e) that notice is in force immediately before that date.

• (2) On and after 4th May 2021, the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations has effect as if in section 31(3) (conditions for issuing marriage schedule), after paragraph (c) there were inserted—

; (d) where one party to the marriage is a British subject resident in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which section 1 of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 applies, the superintendent registrar has received a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage issued to that person in accordance with the law in force in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions and the waiting period in relation to the notice of marriage given by the party residing in England or Wales has expired.

Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956

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These Regulations do not affect the continuation in force of any certificate issued, under the 1949 Act as applied by section 1 of the 1956 Act (notice of marriage to be solemnized in Scotland), before 4th May 2021.

Operation of section 16 or 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978

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Nothing in this Schedule prejudices the operation of section 16 or 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (general savings)[^f00140].

Correction of completed entries in marriage register books

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Any obligation which arose before 4th May 2021 in respect of a completed entry in a marriage register book under—

• (a) section 61 of the 1949 Act (correction of errors in register book),

• (b) regulation 26 of the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952 (errors discovered after completion of entry), or

• (c) regulation 19 of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 (correction of errors in completed entry),

and which is not complied with before that date ceases to have effect.

Signed

Kevin Foster — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 26th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Marriage Act 1949 (“the 1949 Act”) to provide for a new marriage registration system.

The Regulations also, in Part 2, amend section 28B of the 1949 Act to specify the evidence that must accompany a notice of marriage where a party to the marriage is a relevant national by virtue of having status, or a pending application for status (within the meaning of regulation 4 of the Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1209)), under the EU Settlement Scheme (“the EUSS”). The EUSS was established by the Government in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.

Parts 3 and 4 (and Part 1 of Schedule 1) insert provision in the 1949 Act for a new registration system. The amendments provide that a clergyman solemnizing a marriage after the publication of banns, on the authority of a special licence or on the authority of a common licence must issue a marriage document before solemnizing the marriage. The amendments also provide that any other marriage is only to be solemnized after the superintendent registrar for the registration district in which the marriage is taking place has issued a marriage schedule.

The amendments further provide that following solemnization of the marriage, the marriage document or marriage schedule must be signed and returned to the registrar for the registration district in which the marriage took place. The registrar must then register the marriage by entering particulars into a register, accessible in electronic form. The clergyman will be responsible for returning the marriage document to the registrar and the specified person (as defined in new section 53C(8), inserted by regulation 7) will be responsible for returning the marriage schedule, except in respect of a marriage schedule where the marriage was solemnized by a registrar.

Part 4 revokes provisions in the 1949 Act which required marriages to be solemnized on the issue of two certificates of a superintendent registrar and which required marriages to be registered by a number of different persons.

Part 5 amends the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 and the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916, so that those Acts will no longer apply in respect of England and Wales.

Part 1 of Schedule 1 contains consequential and related amendments to the 1949 Act. These include creation of a new offence of failing to attend at the office of a registrar after having been given notice to do so for the purpose of returning a signed marriage document or marriage schedule (as the case may be). The amendments also enable the Registrar General to prescribe the form of a marriage document and marriage schedule.

Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains consequential amendments to other primary legislation, including the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956, the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 and the Immigration Act 2014.

Part 3 of Schedule 1 contains consequential amendments to secondary legislation.

Schedule 2 contains transitional provisions, to enable a smooth transition to the new registration system.

The impact of the new marriage registration system on the public sector is outlined in the impact assessment prepared for the Registration of Marriage Bill 2017 – 2019 available via the Explanatory Notes for that Bill at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0019/Impact-assessment.pdf. Hard copies can be obtained by writing to the Civil Registration Reform Team, General Register Office, Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Birkdale, Southport PR8 2HH. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, additional impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2019 c. 12.

[^f00002]: 2020 c. 20.

[^f00003]: 1956 c. 70.

[^f00004]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00005]: Section 31 was amended by sections 160(4)(c), (5) and (6) and 163(1) of, and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 14 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), paragraph 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c.22), paragraph 10 to Schedule 15 of the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19) and S.I. 1968/1242, S.I. 2009/2821 and S.I. 2008/678.

[^f00006]: Section 27 was amended by section 161(1) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32), paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994 (c.34), paragraph 14 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00007]: Section 74 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Services Act 1953 (c. 37), paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016, S.I. 2008/678 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00008]: Section 78 was amended by paragraph 20(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Coupes) Act 2013 (c. 30). There are further amendments to section 78 which are not relevant.

[^f00009]: Section 71A(1)(f) was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00010]: Section 39 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16) and paragraphs 3 and 21 of Schedule 14 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00011]: Section 31ZA was inserted by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00012]: Section 31A was inserted by section 163(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Section 31A(1) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014. Sections 31A(2A) and (3A) were inserted by paragraph 11(3)(c) and (d) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 respectively. Section 31A(4) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(e) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00013]: Section 75 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994 (c. 34), paragraph 30 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, part 11 of Schedule 10 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), paragraph 19 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, S.I. 1997/986 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00014]: Section 28B was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00015]: Section 27ZA was inserted by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00016]: Section 57 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 (c.37), paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00017]: Section 58 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, S.I. 2008/678 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00018]: Section 76 was amended by the sections 37, 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 c.42.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1952/1869, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1965/528, 1971/1216, 1974/573, 1986/1444, 2000/3164, 2005/3177, 2014/107, 2014/3061, 2015/177.

[^f00020]: Regulation 9(2) was amended by S.I. 2000/3164.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2015/207.

[^f00022]: 1915 c. 40. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affected the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00023]: 1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00024]: 1949 c. 76.

[^f00025]: Section 28B was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00026]: The definition of “relevant national” was inserted by paragraph 17 of schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 and amended by S.I. 2019/745 and is prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/1309 but these amendments are not yet in force.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2020/1209.

[^f00028]: Section 31 was amended by sections 160(4)(c), (5) and (6) and 163(1) of, and paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 14 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, paragraph 10 to Schedule 15 of the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 1968/1242, S.I. 2009/2821 and S.I. 2008/678.

[^f00029]: 1977 c. 15. Section 7(2) was amended by section 18(3) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5).

[^f00030]: Section 39 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 and paragraphs 3 and 21 of Schedule 14 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00031]: Section 53 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1994 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Section 55 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 57 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70), paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821. Section 58 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, S.I. 2008/678 and 2009/2821, and further had functions transferred by S.I. 1968/1699 and S.I. 1996/273. Section 59 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 63 was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 1968/1242.

[^f00032]: 1915 c. 40. Section 1 was amended by the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affected the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00033]: 1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00034]: Section 3 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 and Schedule 15 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 2, paragraph 3, paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraph 13 of Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, paragraph 42 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), and S.I. 2000/2698 .

[^f00035]: Section 5 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, paragraph 5 to Schedule 14 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, section 57(2) of the Immigration Act 2014 and S.I. 2000/2698.

[^f00036]: Section 7 was amended by section 2(2) of the Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012 (No. 1).

[^f00037]: Section 17 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00038]: Section 21 was applied by section 6(4) of the Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38).

[^f00039]: Section 25 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00040]: Section 26 was substituted by section 3 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00041]: Section 26A was inserted by section 4(1) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00042]: Section 26B was inserted by section 5 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00043]: Section 27 was amended by section 161(1) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994, paragraph 14 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00044]: Section 27ZA was inserted by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00045]: Section 27A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 and was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00046]: Section 27B was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 14 of Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00047]: Section 27E was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4(1) to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00048]: Section 28 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987, paragraph 11 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 and S.I. 2014/560.

[^f00049]: Section 28A was inserted by section 162(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00050]: Section 29 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 1968/1242.

[^f00051]: Section 30 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00052]: Section 31ZA was inserted by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00053]: Section 31A was inserted by section 163(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Section 31A(1) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014. Sections 31A(2A) and (3A) were inserted by paragraph 11(3)(c) and (d) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 respectively. Section 31A(4) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(e) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00054]: Section 33 was substituted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Section 33(3) was amended by S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00055]: Section 34 was substituted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00056]: Section 35 was amended by section 1 and section 2 of the Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 47), section 2(1) of the Marriage Act 1994, paragraph 17 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and paragraph 12(1), paragraph 12(2) and paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00057]: Section 37 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, paragraph 19 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00058]: Section 39 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 and paragraphs 3 and 21 of Schedule 14 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00059]: Section 39A was inserted by S.I. 2005/3129.

[^f00060]: Section 40 was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00061]: Section 44 was amended by section 1(1) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 (c. 34), paragraph 23 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00062]: Section 45(1) was amended by section 1(2)(a) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996, paragraph 24 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 2014/3168.

[^f00063]: Section 46 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and S.I. 2014/3168.

[^f00064]: Section 47 was amended by paragraph 25 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00065]: Section 49 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994 and paragraph 27 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00066]: Section 50 was amended by paragraph 14 to Schedule 1 of the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 4 of the Schedule to Marriage Act 1994, paragraph 28 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00067]: Section 63(1) was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00068]: Section 64 was amended by paragraph 14(a) of Schedule 1 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00069]: Section 65 was amended by paragraph 15(a) of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00070]: Section 65A was inserted by section 99(1) of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) and was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00071]: Section 67 was amended by section 1 of the Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959 (c. 13) and paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983.

[^f00072]: Section 69 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00073]: Section 71A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016.

[^f00074]: Section 74 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Services Act 1953, paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016, S.I. 2008/678 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00075]: Section 75 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994, paragraph 30 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, part 11 of Schedule 10 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), paragraph 19 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, S.I. 1997/986 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00076]: Section 76 was amended by the sections 37, 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.

[^f00077]: Section 78 was amended by paragraph 20(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Coupes) Act 2013. There are further amendments to section 78 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00078]: Schedule 3A was inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00079]: Schedule 4 was amended by section 1(2) of the Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (c. 29), paragraph 32 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00080]: 1911 c. 6. Section 3 was amended by section 28(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86), section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), section 32(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 4 of the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 and S.I. 2014/3168.

[^f00081]: 1920 c. 41. Section 5(2) was inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18).

[^f00082]: 1952 c. xxxviii. Section 22(4) was amended by Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14).

[^f00083]: 1956 c. 70. Section 1 was amended by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.

[^f00084]: 1969 c. 38.

[^f00085]: 1969 c. 46. Section 2(3) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00086]: 1970 c. 34.

[^f00087]: Section 1(1) was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1994 and paragraph 39 of Schedule 14 to theImmigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00088]: Section 2 was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00089]: Section 5 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to theImmigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00090]: Section 6 was amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 14 to theImmigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00091]: 1978 No. 2. Section 19(2) was amended by section 62(6) of the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure (No. 1). Section 20(3) was amended by paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 2 to the Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 (No. 2). Section 20(3A) was inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1).

[^f00092]: Section 19 was amended by Schedule 9 to the Pastoral Measure 1983 (No. 1) and section 62(6) of the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 (No. 1).

[^f00093]: 1983 c. 32. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 77 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00094]: 2004 c. 19. Section 19 was amended by section 58(2) and (3) of the Immigration Act 2014, S.I. 2011/1158 and is prospectively amended by S.I. 2020/1309 but these amendments are not yet in force.

[^f00095]: 2007 c. 18. Section 42(2) was amended by S.I. 2014/560 and S.I. 2014/3168.

[^f00096]: 2013 c. 30.

[^f00097]: 2014 c. 22.

[^f00098]: Section 48 was amended by S.I. 2015/395, S.I. 2015/396.

[^f00099]: The definition of “relevant statutory period” in section 62(1) was amended by S.I. 2015/395.

[^f00100]: 1908 No. 1316. This Order in Council now has effect as if made under sections 14 and 39 of the Marriage Act 1949, by virtue of s 79(2) thereof.

[^f00101]: S.I. 1952/1869, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1965/528, 1971/1216, 1974/573, 1986/1444, 2000/3164, 2005/3177, 2014/107, 2014/3061, 2015/177.

[^f00102]: S.I. 2005/3168, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00103]: S.I. 2014/3181, amended by S.I. 2016/911. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00104]: S.I. 2014/3265, amended by S.I. 2019/1514.

[^f00105]: S.I. 2015/50, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00106]: S.I. 2015/123, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00107]: S.I. 2015/207.

[^f00108]: S.I. 2016/911, amended by S.I. 2017/947. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00109]: S.I. 2016/980, amended by S.I. 2018/1268 and S.I. 2020/1093. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00110]: 1956 c. 70.

[^f00111]: Section 3 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 and Schedule 15 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), paragraph 2, paragraph 3, paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraph 13 of Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), paragraph 42 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), and S.I. 2000/2698.

[^f00112]: Section 1 was amended by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15).

[^f00113]: As inserted by these Regulations.

[^f00114]: Section 27 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32), paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Marriage Act 1994 (c. 34), section 161(1) of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to, the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 14 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00115]: Section 31(4A) was inserted by section 160(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and amended by paragraph 10(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014. There are other amendments which are not relevant.

[^f00116]: Section 33 was substituted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and amended by S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00117]: Section 39A was inserted by S.I. 2005/3129.

[^f00118]: 2014 c. 22. Section 48 was amended by S.I. 2015/395 and S.I. 2015/396.

[^f00119]: Schedule 3A was inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00120]: The definition of “relevant statutory period” in section 62(1) was amended by S.I. 2015/395.

[^f00121]: Section 29 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 1968/1242.

[^f00122]: Section 39 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16) and paragraphs 3 and 21 of Schedule 14 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

[^f00123]: Section 30 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00124]: Section 31(2) was amended by section 163(1) of, and paragraph 10(2)(b) of Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00125]: 1977 c. 15. Section 7(2) was amended by section 18(3) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 asp 5.

[^f00126]: 1915 c. 40. Section 1 was amended by the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affected the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00127]: Section 28A was inserted by section 162(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and section 28A(2) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00128]: Section 30 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00129]: Section 31ZA was inserted by paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00130]: Section 31A was inserted by section 163(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Section 31A(1) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014. Sections 31A(2A) and (3A) were inserted by paragraph 11(3)(c) and (d) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 respectively. Section 31A(4) was amended by paragraph 11(3)(e) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014.

[^f00131]: Section 75(3) was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 30 of Schedule 14, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 16, to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, paragraph 19 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014, S.I. 1997/986 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00132]: S.I. 2015/207, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00133]: S.I. 1952/1869, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1965/528, 1971/1216, 1974/573, 1986/1444, 2000/3164, 2005/3177, 2014/107, 2014/3061, 2015/177.

[^f00134]: S.I. 2016/911. Row 12 was amended by S.I. 2017/947.

[^f00135]: Section 57 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821.

[^f00136]: Section 43 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Section 43B was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00137]: Section 76(2) was amended by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 42).

[^f00138]: 1970 c. 34. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

[^f00139]: 1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.

[^f00140]: 1978 c. 30.