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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 No. 413
8.—(1) Where a person residing in Northern Ireland—
(a)is a party to a marriage intended to be solemnised in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom; and
(b)for the purpose of complying with the law in force in that country or territory, is required to obtain a certificate in respect of his legal capacity to marry from a competent authority in Northern Ireland,
he may give the registrar a marriage notice and Article 3(3) and (4) and Articles 4 and 5 shall apply accordingly as if it were intended that the marriage should be solemnised in the district in which he resides.
(2) In this Article “registrar” means the registrar for the district in which the person resides.
(3) If the registrar is satisfied that the person is not subject to any legal incapacity under the law of Northern Ireland which would prevent his marrying, the registrar shall issue to him a certificate in the prescribed form that he is not known to be subject to any such incapacity.
(4) The registrar shall not issue a certificate before the expiration of such period from the date recorded under Article 4(1)(b) (date of receipt of marriage notice) as may be prescribed.
(5) Any person may, at any time before the issue of a certificate under paragraph (3), make an objection in writing to the registrar.
(6) The registrar shall take into account any objection under paragraph (5) in deciding whether to issue a certificate under paragraph (3).
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