{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-amendment-order-1990/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-amendment-order-1990/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/598",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-amendment-order-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This Note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is made under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 and the Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988.\nIt amends the Foreign Marriage Order 1970 (which lays down conditions under which marriages of British subjects may be solemnised by marriage officers under the Acts) in three respects. First it amends Articles 3 and 7 of the 1970 Order by substituting the words “United Kingdom national” for “British subject”. This change is consequential upon section 1 of the Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988. Secondly, it amends Article 3 of the 1970 Order, making it clear that the marriage officer must be satisfied (among other things) that the parties will be regarded as validly married under the law of the country in which each party is domiciled. Thirdly, it extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland provision for the issue of certified copies of marriage entries kept under section 9 of the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 (that is, marriages solemnised before the marriage officer in accordance with section 8 of the Act). It also provides for the payment of a fee and for the evidential value of such certified extracts.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/598/note",
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  },
  "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."
}