# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021, 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), 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), which is—
(a) under section 3(1) of the 1949 Act, 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 an approved certificate.
(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.

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