Section 31 Marriage under marriage schedule.C3F24C1

Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule, the superintendent registrar to whom notice of marriage is given must display in some conspicuous place in their office, for 28 successive days beginning with the day after the day on which the notice was recorded in the marriage register—

The superintendent registrar for the registration district in which a marriage is to be solemnized must, once satisfied that any of the conditions in subsection (3) is met, issue a document to be known as a “marriage schedule” in any form, and with any content, that may be prescribed, unless—

The conditions are that—

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A marriage schedule issued under subsection (2) is to be issued to one or both of the parties to the marriage, except in a case where the marriage is to be solemnized in the presence of a registrar, in which case the marriage schedule is to be issued to that registrar.

“The waiting period”, in relation to a notice of marriage, means—

after the day on which the notice of marriage was F7recorded in the marriage register.

Where a marriage is to be solemnized in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed and no notice requiring a registrar to be present at the marriage has been given to the superintendent registrar under subsection (5) of section twenty-seven of this Act, the superintendent registrar shall, when issuing a F8marriage schedule, give to F9the person by whom notice of marriage was given printed instructions in the prescribed form for the due solemnization of the marriage.

If, on an application made to the Registrar General, he is satisfied that there are compelling reasons for reducing the F1128 day period because of the exceptional circumstances of the case, he may reduce that period to such shorter period as he considers appropriate.

“The 28 day period” means F12the period mentioned in subsection (4A), ignoring paragraph (b).

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The Registrar General may by regulations make provision with respect to the making, and granting, of applications under subsection (5A).

The regulations—

If a proposed marriage is referred to the Secretary of State under section 28H—

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If the Secretary of State grants an application made under subsection (5A), the Secretary of State must give notice of the grant of the application to the applicant and to the superintendent registrar to whom notice of the marriage was given F17and (if different) to the superintendent registrar responsible for issuing the marriage schedule.

Regulations under subsection (5D) do not apply to applications made to the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (5EA).

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the making, and granting, of applications made in accordance with subsection (5EA).

The Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General before making regulations under subsection (5ED).

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The power to make regulations under subsection (5D) F19or (5ED) F20... is exercisable by statutory instrument.

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This section has effect subject to section 31ZA.