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The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021

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Amendment of Part 6 of the 1949 Act (general)

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47.—(1) In section 78 of the 1949 Act (interpretation)(1), subsection (1) is amended as follows.

(2) After the definition of “England and Wales legislation” insert—

“marriage document” has the meaning assigned to it by section 21A(3);.

(3) For the definition of “marriage notice book” substitute—

“marriage notice book” means a book furnished to a superintendent registrar by the Registrar General before 4th May 2021 for the purposes of entering, before that date, the particulars given in every notice of marriage;.

(4) After the definition of “marriage notice book” insert—

“marriage schedule” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31(2);

“marriage register” has the meaning assigned to it by section 53A(1);

“marriage register book” means a marriage register book used for the purposes of registering marriages that were solemnized before 4th May 2021 in England or Wales;

“officer of the Society of Friends” means a person whom the recording clerk of the Society of Friends in London certifies in writing under their hand to the Registrar General to be an officer in England and Wales of that Society;.

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Section 78 was amended by paragraph 20(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Coupes) Act 2013. There are further amendments to section 78 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

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