Paragraph 3 Marriage Act 1949

(1)

The Marriage Act 1949^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 46^f2 (register office marriage followed by religious ceremony), in subsection (2)—

(a)

for “any marriage previously solemnised in the presence of a superintendent registrar” substitute “the relevant marriage”, and

(b)

at the end insert “or in the register of conversions of civil partnerships into marriages kept by the Registrar General in accordance with section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section.”.

(3)

In section 65^f3 (searches of indexes kept by Registrar General)—

(a)

after subsection (1), insert—

“(1A)
The Registrar General shall cause indexes of all copies of entries in consular marriage registers sent to the Registrar General to be made and kept in the General Register Office.”,

(b)

in subsection (2), after “register books,” insert “or entry in the consular marriage register, as the case may be,”, and

(c)

after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)
In this section, “consular marriage register” means any register of marriages required to be maintained by an Order under Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1949 c. 76.
f2: Section 46(2) was amended by the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32), Schedule 1, paragraph 12. Section 46(1) was amended by, and section 46(1A) to (1D) was inserted by, the Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 13(1) to (3).
f3: Section 65(2) was amended by the Registration Service Act 1953 (c. 37), Schedule 1 and by S.I. 1968/1242 and S.I. 2010/441. Subsection (4) was repealed by the Registration Service Act 1953, Schedule 2.