Part I

Reduction of Age of Majority and Related Provisions

Provisions relating to marriage.
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In the following enactments, that is to say—
a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
paragraph 2(c) of Part I of the Schedule to the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 (persons under 21 seeking certificate to swear that necessary consents have been obtained);
c
section 78(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (definition of “infant ” as person under the age of 21),
for the words “twenty-one years ” there shall be substituted the words “eighteen years ”.
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Where for the purpose of obtaining a certificate . . . for marriage or marriage schedule under Part III of the said Act of 1949 a person declares that the consent of any person or persons whose consent to the marriage is required under the said section 3 has been obtained, the superintendent registrar may refuse to issue the certificate . . . for marriage or marriage schedule unless satisfied by the production of written evidence that the consent of that person or of those persons has in fact been obtained.
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In this section any expression which is also used in the said Act of 1949 has the same meaning as in that Act.
The text of ss. 2(1), 19(2), Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
S. 2: see s. 28(4)(b)
S. 2(1)(a) repealed by Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 44, SIF 49:1), s. 7(2), Sch.
1906 c. 40.
1949 c. 76.
Words in s. 2(3) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1)(3), Sch. 14 para. 37, Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2, Sch.
S. 2(2) repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
Words in s. 2(3) inserted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 55 (with Sch. 2)