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Marriage Act 1983

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2Consequential amendments of enactments

(1)Any reference in the [1953 c. 37.] Registration Service Act 1953 to the Marriage Act 1949 includes a reference to that Act as amended by this Act.

(2)In Schedule 3 to the [1968 c. 14.] Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 (variation of fees payable under certain enactments) the reference to the Marriage Act 1949 includes a reference to that Act as amended by this Act.

(3)At the end of subsection (2) of section 1 of the [1970 c. 34.] Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (restrictions on Registrar General's power to issue licences under subsection (1) of that section) there shall be added the words " (disregarding for this purpose the provisions of that Act relating to marriages in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of that Act) ".

(4)In section 11 of the [1973 c. 18.] Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (void marriages) for the words in paragraph (a) " the Marriages Acts 1949 to 1970 " there shall be substituted the words " the Marriage Acts 1949 to 1983 ".

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