# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021, 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amendment, repeal or revocation made by these Regulations of a provision has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked.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 and the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916);
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220308/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021/regulation-2
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