Paragraph 2 Consent given to marriage of persons under eighteen

(1)

Any consent, refusal of consent or dispensation, in relation to a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of certificates, which is—

(a)

under section 3(1) of the 1949 Act (marriages of persons under eighteen)^f1, and

(b)

in force immediately before 4th May 2021,

is to be treated, on and after that date, as consent, refusal of consent or (as the case may be) dispensation under section 3(1), as amended by these Regulations, in relation to a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule.

(2)

Any consent, refusal of consent or dispensation, in relation to a marriage intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate issued under the 1949 Act as applied by section 1 of the 1956 Act (notice of marriage to be solemnized in Scotland)^f2, which is—

(a)

under section 3(1) of the 1949 Act, and

(b)

in force immediately before 4th May 2021,

(3)

Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) apply only in respect of marriages that have not been solemnized before 4th May 2021.

(4)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies only in respect of marriages for which a certificate has not been issued before 4th May 2021.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 3 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42), paragraph 5 of Schedule 12 and Schedule 15 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 and Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), paragraph 2, paragraph 3, paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), paragraph 13 of Schedule 11 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), paragraph 42 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), and S.I. 2000/2698.
f2: Section 1 was amended by Part I of Schedule 4 to the Children Act 1975 (c. 72) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15).