The Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014

Objection to marriage

6.—(1) Any person may enter an objection to a proposed marriage, including by electronic means, by giving notice of the objection in writing to the registration officer to whom the notice of the proposed marriage was given under article 4.

(2) An objection must be signed by the person making it, or on that person’s behalf, and must include the person’s name, address and ground of objection.

(3) An objection entered by electronic means need not contain the signature of the person making it but must contain a clear statement from that person that it originates from them.

(4) If an objection is entered in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) in respect of a proposed marriage, the registration officer must give notice in writing of the objection to the person who gave notice of the proposed marriage under article 4, and the marriage may not be solemnized until either the objection has been withdrawn by the person who made it, or the registration officer is satisfied that the objection should not obstruct the solemnization of the marriage.

(5) The registration office must notify in writing the person who gave notice of the proposed marriage if any objection entered in respect of the proposed marriage under paragraph (1) is withdrawn.

(6) The registration officer must notify in writing the person who has entered the objection and the person who gave notice of the proposed marriage of any decision that the objection should not obstruct the solemnization of the marriage.