{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348220308",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Repeal of sections 53 to 62 of the 1949 Act",
  "text": "Omit sections 53 to 62 of the 1949 Act (registration of marriages).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 53 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1994 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Section 55 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 57 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, paragraph 40 of Schedule 29 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70), paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 2009/2821. Section 58 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953, S.I. 2008/678 and 2009/2821, and further had functions transferred by S.I. 1968/1699 and S.I. 1996/273. Section 59 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration Service Act 1953 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983. Section 63 was amended by paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the Immigration Act 2016 and S.I. 1968/1242."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220308/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:45.896736+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."
}