{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Fees of superintendent registrars for attending marriages in approved premises",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) In the case of persons married on approved premises in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the superintendent registrar in whose presence the persons are married shall be entitled to receive from them a fee of an amount determined in accordance with regulations under section 46A of this Act by the local authority that approved the premises.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 51(1) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 13(b); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 51(1): s. 51 renumbered as s. 51(1) (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 51(1A) inserted (24.2.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(3), Sch. para. 5; S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 51(1A)(a) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 13(c); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 51(2) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 13(d); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 51 heading substituted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 15 para. 13(a); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(w)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/51",
    "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."
}