The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Registration of officiantsN.I.

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11.—(1) The Registrar General shall keep a register of persons registered under this Article as empowered to solemnise marriages in Northern Ireland.

(2) The register kept under this Article shall be open to inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times.

(3) The Registrar General shall register a person in respect of whom an application is made under Article 10, except as provided by [F1paragraphs (1C) and] (2) of that Article.

[F2(3A) The registration of a person under this Article must indicate—

(a)whether the person is, or is not, registered for marriages of parties who are not of the same sex;

(b)whether the person is, or is not, registered for marriages of parties who are of the same sex.

(3B) Where a person is registered under this Article immediately before 1st September 2020, that registration has effect on and after that day as a registration for marriages of parties who are not of the same sex (but subject to Article 12).]

(4) Where, following an application made by a religious body under Article 10, a person is registered under this Article, it shall be the duty of that body to notify the Registrar General as soon as practicable of—

(a)the death of that person; or

(b)any change in the information provided in the application,

and the Registrar General shall make such amendments of the register as he considers necessary.