Paragraph 16 Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 and Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916
This paragraph applies in a case where—
a marriage is to be solemnized or contracted in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which section 1 of the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 (facilities for marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident elsewhere) applies between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England or Wales, and
immediately before 4th May 2021—
a notice of marriage, given under the 1949 Act, is in force, and
a certificate for marriage has not been issued under the 1949 Act.
On and after 4th May 2021, the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915, the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916f1 and the 1949 Act have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.
Regulation 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015 (forms of certificate and Registrar General’s licence for marriage) have effect as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.
Annotations
Footnotes
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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 The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 was repealed in Scotland by Schedule 3 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, save that by section 27(3) nothing in that Act affect the validity of any marriage solemnised or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.