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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Use of Armed Forces’ Chapels) Regulations 2014 No. 815
2. In these Regulations —
“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;
“application” means an application made under—
section 70A(1) of the 1949 Act; or
70(2) of the 1949 Act (as applied by section 70A(3) of that Act);
“chapel” means a chapel which is certified pursuant to section 68(2) of the 1949 Act;
“relevant governing authority” in relation to a relevant religious organisation means the person or persons recognised by the members of the relevant religious organisation as competent to respond to the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations;
“relevant religious organisation” in relation to a chapel means a religious organisation for whose religious purposes the chapel is used.
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