Marriage Act 1983

Section 8.

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+N.I. Application etc. of Marriage Acts in Northern Ireland

THE MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT 1844 (c.81) E+W+N.I.

1 Section 14 (marriage notice book) shall apply to a notice under section 3(2) of this Act as it applies to a notice under section 13 of that Act. N.I.

2 Section 16 (certificate of entry in marriage notice book of notice under section 13) shall not apply to a notice entered in the marriage notice book under section 14 as applied by paragraph 1 above. N.I.

3 Section 18 (forbidding the issue of a registrar’s certificate) shall apply to the issue of a licence by the Registrar General under section 4 of this Act as it applies to the issue of a registrar’s certificate under that Act. N.I.

4 Section 23 (caveat against issue of certificate or licence by registrar) shall apply to the issue of a licence by the Registrar General under section 4 of this Act as it applies to the grant of a certificate or licence under that Act, but as if— N.I.

(a) for the word “registrar” (wherever it occurs) there were substituted the words “Registrar General”;

(b) for the words from “provided that” onwards there were substituted the following subsection—

“(2) The decision of the Registrar General under this section, as applied by Schedule 2 to the Marriage Act 1983, shall be final.”.

5 Section 25 (new notice required if marriage not solemnized within three months) shall apply to a notice under section 3(2) of this Act and to the Registrar General’s licence as it applies to a notice, certificate and licence under that Act. N.I.

6 Section 31 (fee payable to registrar) shall apply to a marriage solemnized in pursuance of section 3 of this Act and to the Registrar General’s licence as it applies to a marriage solemnized under that Act and to a licence under that Act. N.I.

7 Section 32 (proof of certain matters not necessary to establish a marriage) shall apply to a marriage solemnized in pursuance of section 3 of this Act as it applies to a marriage solemnized under that Act, but as if the words from “and where a marriage shall have been solemnized” to “where such production is required by this Act” were omitted. N.I.

8 Section 43 (civil liability of persons vexatiously entering caveats) shall apply to a caveat against the grant of a licence by the Registrar General under section 4 of this Act as it applies to a caveat against the grant of a licence under that Act. N.I.

9 Sections 45, 46 and 49 (offences and void marriages) shall not apply to a marriage solemnized on the authority of the Registrar General’s licence. N.I.

10 (1) Section 66 (registration of marriages) shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), apply to a marriage solemnized in pursuance of section 3 of this Act as it applies to a marriage solemnized in the office of a registrar but as if for the words “form in schedule (G.)” there were substituted the words “prescribed form”. N.I.

(2) Section 66 shall not apply to a marriage solemnized in accordance with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.

THE MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT 1846 (c.72) E+W+N.I.

11 In section 1 (notice of marriage given in England) for the words “church or other building in which” there shall be substituted the words “place where”. E+W+N.I.

THE MARRIAGE LAW (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1863 (c.27) E+W+N.I.

12 Section 2 and Schedule (A) (form of notice of intended marriage given to registrar under that Act) shall, subject to such modifications as the Department may prescribe, apply to a notice under section 3(2) of this Act as they apply to a notice under that Act. N.I.

13 Section 3 (procedure after notice of intended marriage is given to the registrar) shall apply to a notice under section 3(2) of this Act as it applies to a notice under that Act— N.I.

(a) but as if the amendment of section 3 set out in section 41 of the M1 Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 were omitted; and

(b) subject to such other modifications as the Department may prescribe.

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Marginal Citations

M1 1870 c. 110.

14 Section 4 (declaration by party intending marriage under that Act) shall apply to a party intending marriage in pursuance of section 3 of this Act as it applies to a party intending marriage under that Act, but as if— N.I.

(a) for any reference to the notice required by that Act there were substituted a reference to the notice required by section 3(2) of this Act;

(b) the words from “and that the parties to the said marriage have” to “meeting-house named in such notice” were omitted;

(c) the words “in case the marriage is intended to be had without licence” were omitted;

(d) the words from “or in case such marriage” to “such notice shall be so given” were omitted;

(e) for the words “certificate or licence for marriage shall be issued or granted” there shall be substituted the words “licence shall be issued by the Registrar General under the Marriage Act 1983”.

15 Schedule (B) (form of declaration by party to intended marriage under that Act) shall apply to an intended marriage in pursuance of section 3 of this Act as it applies to an intended marriage under that Act, but as if the words from “and that we the above named” to “County of” (where first occurring) were omitted. N.I.

THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT 1863 (c.90) N.I.

16 Section 11 shall apply to a marriage solemnized in pursuance of section 3 of this Act, but only if it is solemnized according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church and, in its application to such a marriage, shall have effect as if for the words “according to the form A in the schedule hereunto annexed” there were substituted the words “in the prescribed form” and for the words “the said schedule” there were substituted the words “the said form”. N.I.