21. Where a certified copy of an entry in a marriage register book containing English only, or in a certified copy of such a book, is made on a form containing both English and Welsh but the particulars in the original entry and those entered in the certified copy of that entry do not differ in any other respect, the certified copy is to be treated as a true copy of the original entry.
22. For the purposes of section 57(2) of the Act, the form of certification by a registrar—
(a)of a true copy of all entries of marriages made in the marriage register book during a period, is form 16;
(b)that no marriage has been registered in that book during that period, is form 17.
23.—(1) If it appears to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that any offence under or breach of the Act or the 1970 Act or, so far as they relate to marriages, the Perjury Act 1911(1) or the Forgery or Counterfeiting Act 1981(2) has been committed, he or she must report the matter to the Registrar General and must deliver to the Registrar General such documents in his or her possession relating to the offence or breach as the Registrar General may require.
(2) Except with the authority of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar must not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under section 76(1) or (2) of the Act(3).
24. The Regulations listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 are revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of the table.
Section 76(1) and (2) was amended by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48).