- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1621
The Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1999
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| Made | 9th June 1999 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st July 1999 |
The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27(1) and (2), 31(2) and (5), 32(2) and (4) and 74(b) of the Marriage Act 1949[1] and section 20(a) of the Registration Service Act 1953[2] as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993[3] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer[4] hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1999 and shall come into operation on [X May 1999].
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, "the principal Regulations" means the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986[5] and any expression in these Regulations which is also used in the principal Regulations has the same meaning as in those Regulations.
Forms of notice of marriage and of endorsement on notice
2. In relation to a notice of marriage attested in Wales regulation 3(a) and (b) and 4 of the principal Regulations (forms of notice of marriage and endorsement on notice of marriage) shall have effect as if they referred respectively not to forms 1, 2 and 4 in Schedule 1 to those Regulations but to forms 1, 2 and 3 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Particulars of persons by or before whom marriage intended to be solemnized
3. In relation to a marriage intended to be solemnized in Wales, regulation 5(c) of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if it referred not to form 7 in Schedule 1 to those Regulations but to form 4 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Declaration of certain affinal relationships
4. In relation to a marriage intended to be solemnized in Wales, regulation 6 of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if it referred not to form 8 in Schedule 1 to those Regulations but to form 5 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Authorities for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar and instructions for solemnization of a marriage
5. In relation to a certificate for marriage and a certificate and licence for marriage issued in Wales, regulations 7(1) and (2) and 8 of the principal Regulations (forms of certificate, and of certificate and licence, issued by a superintendent registrar and form of instructions for solemnization of a marriage) shall have effect as if they referred respectively not to forms 9, 10 and 12 in Schedule 1 to those Regulations but to forms 6, 7 and 8 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Registration of marriage
6. In relation to any marriage solemnized in Wales, Regulations 10 to 12 of the principal Regulations (form of registration of particulars, manner of registration and entry of attestation) shall have effect as if they referred not to form 13 in Schedule 1 to those Regulations but to form 9 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Completion of forms
7. - (1) Forms 1 to 7 and form 9 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be completed in English and shall also be completed in Welsh if-
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(a) in the case of-
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(i) forms 1 to 4, 6 and 7, the party giving notice of the marriage,
and
(ii) form 5, the person making the declaration so elects and provides the required particulars in both languages and the officer by whom the notice, or as the case may be the declaration, is attested can understand and write Welsh;
(b) in the case of form 9, the parties to the marriage so elect and provide the required particulars in both languages and the person who registers the marriage can understand and write Welsh.
(2) Where a form of words set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations is used in completing a form in English the form of words set out opposite thereto in column 2 shall be used where the form is also completed in Welsh.
Correction of errors
8.
Where an error or omission is corrected in an entry in a marriage register book kept in Wales, the correction shall be made in English if the error or omission occurs in particulars entered in English and in Welsh if the error or omission occurs in particulars entered in Welsh.
Certified copies
9.
Where a certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book containing English only, or in a certified copy of such a book, is made on a form containing both English and Welsh but the particulars in the original entry and those entered in the certified copy of that entry do not differ in any other respect the certified copy shall be treated as a true copy of the original entry.
Revocations and transitional provisions
10.
- (1) The regulations specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations are hereby revoked to the extent mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any certificate or licence issued or notice given on prescribed forms 1, 2, 6 and 7 which were in use immediately before the commencement of these Regulations shall remain valid for any unexpired period of validity of that certificate, licence or notice.
Given under my hand on 8th June 1999
Dr D. Holt
Registrar General
I approve,
Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Patricia Hewitt
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
9th June 1999
| Form | Relevant regulation | Description | Statutory purpose |
| 1 | 2 | Notice of marriage without licence | Marriage Act 1949, section 27(1) |
| 2 | 2 | Notice of marriage with licence | Marriage Act 1949, section 27(2) |
| 3 | 2 | Endorsement on notice of marriage | Marriage Act 1949, section 35(1) |
| 4 | 3 | Particulars of person by or before whom marriage intended to be solemnized | Marriage Act 1949, section 27A(4) |
| 5 | 4 | Declaration for marriages of certain persons related by affinity | Marriage Act 1949, section 27B(2)(b) |
| 6 | 5 | Certificate for marriage | Marriage Act 1949, section 31(2) |
| 7 | 5 | Certificate and licence for marriage | Marriage Act 1949, section 32(2) |
| 8 | 5 | Form of instructions | Marriage Act 1949, sections 31(5) and 32(4) |
| 9 | 6 | Form of marriage entry | Marriage Act 1949, section 55(1) |
Form 1
Form 1 (contd.)
Form 2
Form 2 (contd.)
Form 3
Form 4
Form 5
Form 6
Form 7
Form 8
Form 8 (contd.)
Form 9
Form 9 (contd.)
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Form of words required | Welsh version |
| Bachelor | Dyn di-briod |
| Spinster | Dynnes ddi-briod |
| Widower | Gŵr gweddw |
| Widow | Gwraig weddw |
| Previous marriage annulled | Priodas flaenorol wedi'i dirymu |
| Previous marriage dissolved | Priodas flaenorol wedi'i therfynu |
| Previously married at & . . . on & . . . | Priodwyd o'r blaen yn & . . . ar y & . . . |
| Previously married at & . . . on & . . . | Priodwyd o'r blaen yn & . . . ar y & . . . |
| marriage annulled on & . . . | y briodas wedi'i dirymu ar y & . . . |
| Marriage dissolved on & . . . | Terfynwyd y briodas ar y & . . . |
| Previously went through a form of marriage at & . . . on & . . . | Aethpwyd o'r blaen drwy ddefod priodas yn & . . . ar y & . . . |
| Late of & . . . but now residing at & . . . | Gynt o & . . . ond yn preswylio yn awr yn & . . . |
| deceased | ymadawedig |
| certificate | tystysgrif |
| licence | trwydded |
| register office | swyddfa gofrestru |
| Registrar General's licence | trwydded y Cofrestrydd Cyffredinol |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Regulations revoked | References | Extent of revocation |
| The Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1986 | S.I. 1986/1445 | The whole regulations |
| The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/2558 | Regulation 3 |
| The Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/2204 | Regulation 3 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations consolidate with mostly minor amendments the Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1986, and subsequent amending regulations which are revoked. The Welsh language translation of the forms set out in Schedule one to the regulations has been updated and modernised.
The Regulations prescribe forms in English and Welsh for use in Wales in place of the forms prescribed under the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986 which are in English only (regulations 2 to 6) and they specify the conditions subject to which the forms may be completed in Welsh as well as in English and the form of Welsh wording to be used (regulation 7 and Schedule 2). The forms prescribed include (regulation 4) a form of declaration of certain affinal relationships. Provision is also made for the correction of errors in marriage entries (regulation 8), and for a certified copy made on a bilingual printed form to be treated as a true copy of the original entry notwithstanding that the original was in English only (regulation 9).
(Nid yw'r nodyn hwn yn rhan o'r Rheoliadau)
Mae'r reheoliadau hyn ar wahân i rai mân newidiadau yn cadarnhau Rheoliadau Cofrestru Priodasau (Cymraeg) 1986, ynghyd â rheolau diwygio diweddarach, a diddymir. Mae'r cyfieithiad Cymraeg o'r ffurflenni a osodir allan yn Atodiad un i'r rheoliadau wedi ei foderneiddio a'i ddiweddaru.
Mae'r rheoliadau yn pennu ffurflenni Cymraeg a Saesneg a ddefnyddir yng Nghymru yn lle'r ffurflenni a bennwyd o dan Rheoliadau Cofrestru Priodasau 1986 sef ffurflenni Saesneg yn unig (rheoliadau 2 i 6) a dynodir ganddynt yr amodau o dan ba rai y llenwir y ffurflenni'n Gymraeg yn ogystal â Saesneg ynghyd â'r geiriau Cymraeg y dylid eu defnyddio (rheoliad 7 ac Atodiad 2). Ymhlith y ffurflenni a bennwyd y mae (rheoliad 4) ffurflen gwneud datganiad ynglŷn â rhai perthnasau tadogol arbennig. Darperir hefyd ar gyfer cywiro camgymeriadau mewn cofnodion priodas (rheoliad 8), ac i gopi ardystiedig a wnaed ar ffurflen a argraffwyd yn ddwy-ieithog gael ei drin fel copi dilys o'r cofnod gwreiddiol er mai yn Saesneg yn unig yr oedd y cofnod gwreiddiol (rheoliad 9).
Notes:
[1] 1949 c. 76. See section 78 for definition of "prescribed".back
[4] The approval of the Chancellor of Exchequer is required by section 74 of the Marriage Act 1949, as amended by Article 5(1) and paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273).back
[5] S.I. 1986/1442 as amended by S.I. 1987/2088, S.I. 1995/744, S.I. 1996/2558 and S.I. 1997/2204.back
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