The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Shared Buildings) Regulations 2014

Registered buildings where the sharing churches change

11.—(1) This regulation applies where a shared building has been registered under section 43A of the 1949 Act and there is a change in the sharing churches that use the building for religious worship by the ceasing of sharing by any church.

(2) The building will remain registered under section 43A of the 1949 Act for the solemnization of marriages of same sex couples.

(3) The proprietor or trustee of the building must, within 14 days of the change in the sharing churches, give written notice to the superintendent registrar—

(a) confirming whether—

(i) the relevant governing authority of a sharing church that uses the building had given consent to marriages of same sex couples for the purpose of the registration application for the building; or

(ii) a sharing church that uses the building was, prior to the change, entitled to solemnize the marriages of same sex couples in the building as provided in regulation 8(3); and

(b) if either is confirmed, identifying such church.

(4) The superintendent registrar must send a copy of the written notice mentioned in paragraph (3) to the Registrar General.

(5) The Registrar General must—

(a) either—

(i) record, in relation to the building, the identity of any sharing church as mentioned at paragraph (3) above; or

(ii) in the event of there being no sharing church identified in the notice, cancel the registration of the building; and

(b) notify the relevant superintendent registrar accordingly.

(6) On receipt of a notification from the Registrar General under paragraph 5(b) the relevant superintendent registrar must notify the proprietor or trustee accordingly.