The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015

Form of attestation

14.  In the form of attestation set out in Part 2 of form 15 the registrar must enter in the appropriate places—

(a) if the marriage has been solemnized in a registered building according to the rites and ceremonies of any religious body or denomination, the title of that body or denomination, the description of the registered building, and the word “certificate”;

(b) if the marriage has been solemnized in a superintendent registrar’s office, the words “register office” and “certificate”;

(c) if the marriage has been solemnized on approved premises in accordance with section 26(1)(bb) of the Act(1), the description of the approved premises and the word “certificate”;

(d) if the marriage has been solemnized on the authority of a Registrar General’s licence, the address of the place in which the marriage has been solemnized, the title of the religious body or denomination, if any, according to the rites and ceremonies of which the marriage has been solemnized, and the words “Registrar General’s licence”;

(e) if the marriage has been solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) or section 26B(6) of the Act(2), the address of the place in which the marriage has been solemnized, the title of the religious body or denomination, if any, according to the rites and ceremonies of which the marriage has been solemnized, and the word “certificate”.

(1)

Section 26 was substituted by section 3 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30).

(2)

Section 26B was inserted by section 5 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.