{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-28A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-28A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949",
  "path": "section/28A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28A",
  "heading": "Power to require evidence of consent to marriages of same sex couples",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) In the case of an intended marriage to which section 27D applies, the superintendent registrar to whom the notice of the marriage is given may require the relevant governing authority to produce evidence relating to the consent mentioned in section 26B(2)(b), (4)(b) or (6)(d).\n(2) A requirement under subsection (1A) may be imposed at any time—\n(a) on or after the giving of the notice of marriage; but\n(b) before a marriage schedule is issued.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 28A and sidenote inserted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 162(1); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 28A(1) omitted (1.3.2015) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 28A(1A) inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 7(2); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 28A(2) substituted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 6(4) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 28A(2)(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 18 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 28A(3) omitted (1.3.2015) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 6(5) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 28A title substituted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 6(2) (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 28A(1A) applied (with modifications) by 1970 c. 34, s. 2(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 24; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(ii))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 28A(2) applied (with modifications) by 1970 c. 34, s. 2(4) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 24; S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(ii))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), ss. 1(2)(a), 21(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/28A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:09.980125+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}