Introductory text

England and Wales

Registration Of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Etc., England And Wales

Civil Partnership, England And Wales

Made 13th October 2016

Laid before Parliament 14th October 2016

Coming into force 7th November 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34A and section 38A(1)(c), (2) and (5) and 39A(1)(a) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953^f1, section 65A, 71A(1)(h) and (5) and 74(3) of the Marriage Act 1949^f2, sections 34(1)(e) and (2) and 258(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f3 and section 9(4)(e), (f), (5)(ba) and (5C), and section 18(4)(a) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013^f4.

In accordance with section 65A(5) of the Marriage Act 1949, before making these Regulations the Secretary of State has consulted the Registrar General.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1953 (c. 20). Section 34A was inserted by section 98 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20) and amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 28 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19); section 38A was inserted by section 89(1) and (2)(a) of and paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016; section 39A was inserted by section 56 of, and paragraphs 1 and 17 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), and sub-sections (1), (2) and (5) have been amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 21 and 30 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016 and sub-section (5) has also been amended by section 98(1) and (4) of the Deregulation Act 2015.
f2: 1949 (c. 76). Section 65A was inserted by section 99(1) of the Deregulation Act 2015 and has been amended by section 89(1) and (2)(b) of, and paragraphs 8 and 18 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016; section 71A was inserted by section 89(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016. Section 74(3) was inserted by section 52 of, and paragraphs 1 and 15 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).
f3: 2004 (c. 33). Section 34(1) was amended by articles 3(1) and 5 of, and paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 1 and paragraph 14(b) of Schedule 2 to, the Transfer of Functions (Registrations) Order 2008 (SI 2008/678), and section 89(1) of, and (2)(a) of and paragraphs 4(1) – (4) of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.
f4: 2013 (c. 30). Sub-section (5)(ba) of section 9 was inserted by section 99(1) and (3) of the Deregulation Act 2015 and sub-section (5C) was inserted by section 89(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Immigration Act 2016.