Section 17 Marriage under marriage schedule.F6
England and Wales
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized on the authority of F1a marriage schedule in force under Part III of this Act in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published F2or in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act the place specified in the F3notices of marriage F4and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized:
Provided that a marriage shall not be solemnized as aforesaid in any such church or chapel without the consent of the minister thereof or F5(wherever the marriage is solemnized) by any person other than a clergyman.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 17 substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with Sch. 2)
- F2
Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
- F3
Words in s. 17 substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 3, 6(b); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
- F4
Words in s. 17 substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(c) (with Sch. 2)
- F5
Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
- F6
Words in s. 17 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(a) (with Sch. 2)
Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)
Notes on Marriage under marriage schedule
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 17 cross-heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2)