Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988

5 Amendments relating to the registration of marriages.U.K.

(1)In sections 9(2) and 10 of the 1892 Act (which relate to the registration of marriages under that Act) for the words “Registrar-General” wherever occurring there shall be substituted the words “Registrar General for England and Wales”.

(2)The following paragraph shall be added at the end of section 17 of that Act (application of the Marriage Registration Acts)—

In this section “the Marriage Registration Acts” means the enactments for the time being in force in England and Wales relating to the registration of marriages.