Regulation 2 Manner and time of certification under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949
This regulation applies for the purposes of section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 (appointment of authorised persons for certain buildings and chapels registered for solemnization of marriage)f1.
The prescribed manner in which the name and address of a person authorised under that section are to be certified is by sending a written notice of the name and address to the required recipients which—
includes the information required by paragraph (4), and
is signed by each of the persons certifying that name and address or, in the case of certification by a governing body, by each member of the governing body.
The prescribed time within which the person’s name and address are to be certified is the period ending at the end of the day after the day on which the person is authorised.
The information required by this paragraph is—
the name and address of the registered building or chapel in respect of which the person is authorised,
the date on which the person was authorised,
the reference number allocated to the registered building or chapel by the Registrar General, and
the name and address of each person required to sign the notification under paragraph (2)(b).
In paragraph (2) the “required recipients” are the persons to whom section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 requires the name and address of the person authorised under that section to be certified.
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The functions of the Admiralty under section 43(1) of the Marriage Act 1949, as applied in relation to chapels registered under section 70 with the modification made by Part 4 of Schedule 4, were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15).