15 Registration of [F1religious or belief marriages] .S
(1)Immediately after the solemnisation of the marriage the Marriage Schedule shall be signed by the parties contracting the marriage, by both witnesses present thereat and by the approved celebrant.
(2)The parties to the marriage shall, within 3 days thereafter, deliver the Marriage Schedule, or send it by post or arrange that it is delivered, to the district registrar.
(3)As soon as possible after receipt of the Marriage Schedule, the district registrar shall cause the particulars as set forth in that Schedule to be entered in the register of marriages kept by him; and subject to subsection (4) below, he shall not register a [F2religious or belief marriage] unless and until he receives a duly signed Marriage Schedule in respect of that marriage.
(4)Where the Registrar General is satisfied that a marriage has been properly solemnised and that the Marriage Schedule in respect of the marriage has been duly signed but has been lost or destroyed, he may direct the district registrar to complete an exact copy of the original Marriage Schedule and, so far as practicable, to arrange for its signature by those persons who signed the original Schedule; and as soon as possible thereafter, the district registrar shall cause the particulars as set forth in that copy to be entered in the register of marriages kept by him.
[F3(5)In this section and section 16 of this Act, “the district registrar” means—
(a)where the marriage has been solemnised in a registration district, the district registrar for that district;
(b)where the marriage has been solemnised in Scottish waters, the district registrar who issued the Marriage Schedule in respect of the marriage.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 15 title substituted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 15(6), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch.
F2Words in s. 15(3) substituted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 15(7), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch.
F3S. 15(5) inserted (1.1.2007) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 48(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 3, sch. 2 (with art. 4)