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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110442903",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Solemnisation of religious marriage",
  "text": "(1) A religious marriage shall not be solemnised by an officiant unless—\n(a) the parties in person have produced to him before the marriage ceremony a marriage schedule in respect of the marriage issued in accordance with Article 7;\n(b) both parties to the marriage are present; and\n(c) two persons professing to be 16 or over are present as witnesses.\n(2) An officiant shall not solemnise a religious marriage except in accordance with a form of ceremony which—\n(a) is recognised by the religious body of which he is a member; and\n(b) includes and is in no way inconsistent with an appropriate declaration within the meaning of Article 10(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110442903/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:43.003851+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}