The Marriage Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Interpretation

2.  In these regulations –

“approval” means place approval or temporary place approval;

“approval holder” means the person on whose application the approval was granted pursuant to these regulations or a person who is deemed to be the approval holder under regulation 32;

“approved place” means a place which has been approved by an authority under these regulations and for which said approval is still current;

“applicant” means an applicant for an approval;

“authority” means the local registration authority as referred to in Article 30 of the Order;

“place” means any place whose position within the district can be suitably defined in words or figures for the purpose of recording where the civil marriage was solemnised and includes any premises, fixed building, temporary structure, enclosures and similar structures, land and any vessels or vehicles;

“place approval” means the approval, by an authority of a place where civil marriages may be solemnised for a period in its district;

“temporary place approval” means approval by an authority of a place where a civil marriage may be solemnised for one occasion in its district;

“the Order” means the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.