{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348220308",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 and Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in a case where—\n(a) a marriage is to be solemnized on or after 4th May 2021,\n(b) one of the persons to be married is a British subject resident 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,\n(c) a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage is issued to that person before 4th May 2021 in accordance with the law in force in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions,\n(d) the other person to be married gives notice of the marriage in accordance with the 1949 Act before 4th May 2021, and\n(e) that notice is in force immediately before that date.\n(2) On and after 4th May 2021, the 1949 Act as amended by these Regulations has effect as if in section 31(3) (conditions for issuing marriage schedule), after paragraph (c) there were inserted—\n“;\n(d) where one party to the marriage is a British subject resident 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 applies, the superintendent registrar has received a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage issued to that person in accordance with the law in force in that part of Her Majesty’s dominions and the waiting period in relation to the notice of marriage given by the party residing in England or Wales has expired.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348220308/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "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."
}