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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014 No. 1110
5.—(1) Where either party to the proposed marriage is under the age of 18 and the relevant part of the United Kingdom is England and Wales then the same consent is required as would be required in respect of a marriage solemnized in England and Wales on the authority of a certificate issued by a superintendent registrar under Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949(1).
(2) The Secretary of State may dispense with the requirement to obtain consent if satisfied that it cannot be obtained because of the absence, inaccessibility or disability of the person whose consent is so required.
(3) On a request in person of any person whose consent is required, the registration officer must produce the notice given under article 4(1).
(4) Such person may forbid the solemnization of the marriage referred to in the notice at any time before the marriage has been solemnized by writing the word “forbidden” on the notice, together with the person’s name and address and capacity to forbid the marriage.
(5) If a person forbids the proposed marriage to which the notice relates in accordance with paragraph (4), the notice is void and the proposed marriage cannot be solemnized under that notice.
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