C2C3Part III Marriage under F7marriage schedule
Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)
Pt. 3 applied (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 1(2)(a), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)
Miscellaneous Provisions
48 Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages. C1
1
Where any marriage has been solemnized under the provisions of this Part of this Act, it shall not be necessary in support of the marriage to give any proof—
a
that before the marriage either of the parties thereto resided, or resided for any period, in the registration district stated in the F1notices of marriage to be that of his or her place of residence;
F8b
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c
that the registered building in which the marriage was solemnized had been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship;
d
that that building was the usual place of worship of either of the parties to the marriage; F2...
F3da
that, in the case of a marriage under section 26B(2), (4) or (6), the relevant governing authority had given consent as mentioned in section 26B(2)(b), (4)(b) or (6)(d);
e
ea
that, in the case of a marriage under section 26A, the relevant governing authority had given consent as mentioned in section 26A(3);F5or
eb
that, in the case of a marriage to which Schedule 3A applied, any of the events listed in paragraph 2(2) to (6) of that Schedule occurred.
nor shall any evidence be given to prove the contrary in any proceedings touching the validity of the marriage.
2
A marriage solemnized in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act in a registered building which has not been certified as required by law as a place of religious worship shall be as valid as if the building had been so certified.
Words in Pt. 3 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with Sch. 2)