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Section 33 Period of validity of marriage schedule.C2F7C1F1

England and Wales

(1)

A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of F2a marriage schedule at any time within the period which is the applicable period in relation to that marriage.

(2)

If the marriage is not solemnized within the applicable period—

(a)

the notices of marriage and the F3marriage schedule are void; and

(b)

no person may solemnize the marriage on the authority of F4that marriage schedule.

(3)

The applicable period, in relation to a marriage, is the period beginning with the day on which the notice of marriage was F5recorded in the marriage register and ending—

(a)

in the case of a marriage which is to be solemnized in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd), 37 or 38, on the expiry of three months; and

(b)

in the case of any other marriage, on the expiry of twelve months.

(4)

If the notices of marriage given by each person to be married are not F6recorded in the marriage register on the same date, the applicable period is to be calculated by reference to the earlier of the two dates.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 33 and sidenote substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 15; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2

F2

Words in s. 33(1) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 2)

F3

Words in s. 33(2)(a) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(4)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F4

Words in s. 33(2)(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(4)(b) (with Sch. 2)

F5

Words in s. 33(3) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(5) (with Sch. 2)

F6

Words in s. 33(4) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(6) (with Sch. 2)

F7

Words in s. 33 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(2) (with Sch. 2)

Modifications

C1

S. 33 applied (with modifications) (4.5.2021) by 1956 c. 79, s. 1(3) (as amended by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 53(2) (with Sch. 2))

C2

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)

Notes on Part III

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Pt. 3 heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9 (with Sch. 2)

Modifications

C1

Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)

Notes on Issue of a marriage schedule

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 26 cross-heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 10 (with Sch. 2)