Regulation 2 Extent

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

(2)

Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by these Regulations of a provision has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.

(3)

This regulation and the following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

(a)

regulation 1 (citation and commencement);

(b)

regulation 3 (interpretation);

(c)

in Schedule 2 (transitional provision)—

(i)

paragraph 1 (interpretation);

(ii)

paragraph 2 (transitional provision relating to consent given to marriage of persons under eighteen);

(iii)

paragraph 4 (transitional provision relating to effect of notice of marriage given before 4th May 2021);

(iv)

paragraph 5 (transitional provision relating to effect of caveats);

(v)

paragraph 6 (transitional provision relating to forbidding);

(vi)

paragraph 9 (transitional provision relating to appeals on refusal to issue a certificate for marriage);

(vii)

paragraphs 16 to 18 (transitional provision relating to the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915^f1 and the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916^f2);

(viii)

paragraph 19 (transitional provision relating to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956);

(ix)

paragraph 20 (operation of sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1915 c. 40. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affected the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.
f2: 1916 c. 21. The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or contracted before 1st January 1978.