# Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988, Section 3: Caveat against marriage.


(1) In section 5 of the 1892 Act (caveats) in subsection (2) (Secretary of State to refer doubtful cases to the Registrar-General for England and Wales for decision by him) for the words “to the Registrar-General, and the Registrar-General” there shall be substituted the words
“to whichever of the following he considers appropriate, that is to say—
(a) the Registrar General for England and Wales;
(b) the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland; or
(c) the Registrar General in Northern Ireland;
and that Registrar General ”.
(2) In subsection (4) of that section for the words “by the Registrar-General or Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “under subsection (2) or (3) above”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/44/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-amendment-act-1988/section-3
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