{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notice of intention to marry",
  "text": "(1) Each of the parties to a marriage intended to be solemnised in Northern Ireland shall give the registrar a notice of intention to marry.\n(2) In this Order—\n“marriage notice” means notice of intention to marry;\n“registrar” means the registrar for the district in which the marriage is to take place.\n(3) A marriage notice shall be—\n(a) in the prescribed form; and\n(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee and such documents and other information as may be prescribed.\n(4) In prescribed cases a marriage notice shall be given by each party—\n(a) in person;\n(b) to either the registrar referred to in paragraph (2) or such other registrar as may be prescribed.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}